“When we picture the fire-and-brimstone types that often lead unions into battle against corporate giants, they rarely have much in the way of Hollywood glamour.
“But the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has always been unique in that respect. The union was once led by former US President Ronald Reagan, then best known as a swashbuckling cowboy from cheesy movies.
“And less than 24 hours into the guild’s campaign against Hollywood’s streaming giants, its current leader, Fran Drescher, has caught public attention with a fiery speech from her base in Los Angeles.
“Branding corporations including Netflix, Disney and Paramount as “disgusting”, she accused the streaming powerhouses of “losing money left and right”, all the while “giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs”.”
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