{"id":2024738,"date":"2023-09-07T14:48:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fran-drescher-says-hollywood-studios-hope-to-hold-out-longer-in-sag-aftra-strike\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:48:58","slug":"fran-drescher-says-hollywood-studios-hope-to-hold-out-longer-in-sag-aftra-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fran-drescher-says-hollywood-studios-hope-to-hold-out-longer-in-sag-aftra-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran Drescher: Hollywood studios aim to prolong SAG-AFTRA strike."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffran-drescher-says-hollywood-studios-hope-to-hold-out-longer-in-sag-aftra-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Fran Drescher \u200dSpeaks Out on Hollywood Strike Standstill<\/h2>\n<p>Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sephora-cuts-ties-with-beauty-influencer-for-being-a-conservative-says-republicans-arent-aligned-with-their-values\/\" title=\"Sephora Cuts Ties With Beauty Influencer for Being a Conservative, Says Republicans \u2018Aren\u2019t Aligned\u2019 With Their Values\">recently shared<\/a> her insights on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-african-unions-reject-transnets-revised-wage-offer-continue-strike\/\" title=\"S.African unions reject Transnet\u2019s revised wage offer, continue strike\">ongoing strike<\/a> between\u200b studios and Hollywood\u200b performers. In an interview with NPR, she expressed her concerns\u2062 about the &#8220;standstill&#8221; in negotiations\u200c and \u2062accused the \u2063companies of hoping to outlast the union.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The only standstill is that I\u200d think that they&#8217;re \u200cnot\u200b wanting to come to the table because they&#8217;re hoping that they can hold out longer \u2062than we can hold\u200b out,&#8221; Drescher said of the studios. &#8220;But that is\u200b not in the spirit of negotiation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Screen Actors\u200d Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists \u2062have\u200d been on strike against the \u200bAlliance of Motion\u2062 Picture and Television Producers for 55 days. Drescher emphasized that the conversation goes beyond the contract and highlights the need for a change in the\u2062 industry&#8217;s culture.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re still not seeing that \u200dthe culture needs to change, that they need \u200cto change. This conversation is bigger than our contract,&#8221; Drescher said.\u200b &#8220;It&#8217;s\u200b about caring. It&#8217;s about\u2062 being empathic. It&#8217;s about making money, but not at the expense. Don&#8217;t step \u2063on me, climb on\u2063 my shoulders,\u2064 beat me down just so \u2064that you \u200ccan make an \u2064extra\u200d shekel. Sorry, but that is no longer acceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, the \u200cunion announced an extension\u2062 of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devastating-step-biden-admin-speaks-out-against-new-indiana-pro-life-law\/\" title=\"\u2018Devastating Step\u2019: Biden Admin Speaks Out Against New Indiana Pro-Life Law\">health plan coverage<\/a> for qualified members. This decision comes\u200d after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fran-drescher-says-hollywood-studios-hope-to-hold-out-longer-in-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-preemptively-resigns-from-the-screen-actors-guild\/\" title=\"President Trump preemptively resigns from the Screen Actors Guild\">sag-aftra<\/a>-strike\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Fran Drescher: Hollywood studios aim to prolong SAG-AFTRA strike.&#8221;>union raised  million<\/a> through \u200bits Emergency Financial \u2062Assistance Program. Drescher attributed the \u2062need for this extension to the\u2062 studio&#8217;s &#8220;greed&#8221; and &#8220;insatiable \u200bappetite \u2064for money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The interview \u200btook place just days\u200d before the presidential election for \u200bSAG-AFTRA, with Drescher facing off against\u200d actress Maya Gilbert-Dunbar to\u2062 retain her position as president.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Writers Guild\u200c of America\u200d is also in the midst of a strike, marking the first time in 63\u200b years that\u200d both WGA and \u200dSAG-AFTRA are simultaneously on strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fran Drescher revealed that studios and striking Hollywood performers are at a &#8220;standstill.&#8221; She stated that the companies aim to outlast the union&#8217;s efforts. The Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists continue their strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}