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Fran Drescher Speaks at New York City Hall
Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA, the union representing more than 150,000 television and movie actors, addressed the actors’ strike in remarks to the New York City Council.
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As you can tell from my mellifluous accent, I am a New Yorker, born and raised. As a kid back in Flushing, Queens, I always dreamt of becoming a professional actor. But I never imagined that show business, which was so romanticized in the old movies of the ’30s and ’40s, would in 2023, become a soulless business of greed and disrespect for the performing artist. The A.M.P.T.P. has so radically changed the business model that a new structure of the contract is demanded. We cannot allow big business greed to take away our careers, to take away our livelihoods. The buck stops here. We are at a very serious crossroads. This is a righteous fight and they are on the wrong side of history. The A.M.P.T.P.’s maniacal corporate culture for greed must stop. Industry profit and doing the right thing on behalf of workers does not have to be mutually exclusive, but go hand in hand as we define the new meaning for success.
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