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The Strike Is Over!
Its not clear how many people voted against given that SAG-AFTRA has a weighted voting system.
The contract itself needed to change, she said.
SAG-AFTRA’s Fran Drescher and Duncan Crabtree-IrelandGetty Images
We decided together that we needed to go into another pocket of revenue.
For 35 days, like a broken record, we said We need to get into another pocket.
We need to get new money from somewhere.
Every single time we brought it up, the AMPTP said No.
Crabtree-Ireland then said that such an ask wasnt going anywhere.
They had to acknowledge that we were demanding respect.
So, the idea of a revenue share, we kept going back to it.
OK, you dont like the 2%, what about 1%?
OK, you dont think you could do that?
Its a bridge too far.
No, added Drescher.
But somehow they came together with a model that they offered to the WGA which was accepted by them.
We knew that that wasnt going to accomplish what we needed to accomplish.
So, I had to wrap my mind around the fact that we needed to make this work.
I felt like Is this a win or a loss?
but were getting the money.
We opened a new revenue stream.
What mattered was that we got into another pocket and we did.
Drescher joked that the Fran Plan was all about time and patience.
The weight of it all was extremely stressful.
Deadline caught up with both after the press conference.
(WATCH) We spoke with SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher after tonights post-strike presser.
