SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher's impassioned speech last month went viral, when she called out Hollywood studios by saying, 'they plead poverty, that they’re losing money left and right when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs.'
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The City Council will be voting Tuesday on a resolution to support striking SAG-AFTRA workers in their pursuit of a fair contract — and one “flashy girl from Flushing” will be leading a press conference of workers at City Hall Park in support of the measure.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, widely recognized for her leading role in the 90s sitcom The Nanny, is scheduled to speak around noon before an assembly of local SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild members. She will be joined by Rep. Dan Goldman along with City Councilmembers Amanda Farias and Carmen De La Rosa.last month announcing the strike and excoriating Hollywood studios for their greed went viral.
“I cannot believe it, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things. How they plead poverty, that they’re losing money left and right when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs,” she said in July. “It is disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history.” Drescher will also be joined at City Hall Park Tuesday by New York Local President Ezra Knight and other members of SAG-AFTRA leadership, as well as the leadership of the Writers Guild of America, East , including Executive Director Lowell Peterson.
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