This is Day 109 of the WGA strike and Day 36 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher joined striking actors and writers in New York on Thursday morning, telling picketers outside Paramount headquarters in Times Square that her union won’t agree to any deal with film and television studios that leaves members unable to make a living.
Two days after she testified about the strike at a New York City Council hearing, the Queens native rallied fellow union members with a promise to stay true to their demands once negotiations resume with the AMPTP.
“I’m so thrilled to see this level of enthusiasm and resolve and strength, and I promise you that we are not going to compromise,” The Nanny star said. “This is a seminal deal and there is no turning back. At some point you have to say we’ve had enough: We’re not going to get marginalized out of our livelihoods anymore and you have to step up on the plate and do right by workers. This is our moment.”
Drescher also visited a combined SAG-AFTRA and WGA picket line outside of Netflix offices in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. Netflix and its neighbor down the street, Warner Bros. Discovery, have been picketed weekly, and often daily, since writers went on strike in May. Thursday was no exception, with a boisterous crowd of several dozen marchers including actor and writer Justin Theroux and Law & Order mainstay Jill Hennessy walking the block outside Netflix’s front door.
The Netflix rally wrapped with a speech from Sue Berch, a SAG-AFTRA member who has served as a picket-line voice for striking union members while introducing herself as “just an actor”. Berch, wielding a bullhorn, praised Drescher for her earlier appearance at the rally and reminded the group, “We
This is Day 109 of the WGA strike and Day 36 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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told the Los Angeles Times that attempts to arrange a meeting with Netflix — to demand that members be compensated with the same residual model as American members of SAG-AFTRA — have gone unanswered for months.“One of [Netflix’s] first priorities when entering the local market should be to establish some channel of communication with groups like us,” the country’s answer to Fran Drescher said.“But there’s no answer at all.”Residuals have recently been in the news as American actors and writers striking for fair compensation post their often insultingly meager checks, ranging from a single penny to a few dollars. As opposed to the royalties paid in broadcasting, residuals must be paid in perpetuity to actors in the United States, based on how many times their films and shows are streamed.
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Joe Otterson TV Reporter SAG-AFTRA national president Fran Drescher stopped off at multiple picket lines in New York on Thursday to rally the members of the guild as their strike continues. “I just want to say I am so grateful for your enthusiasm and your commitment to this strike,” Drescher told the pickets outside HBO’s New York offices. “It means everything.
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