Why the Screen Actors Guild agreed to end a strike that crippled Hollywood

Fran Drescher:

Well, I think that there was a lot of that.

First of all, when you — from the beginning, I think that they needed to adjust to the fact that we are a union that was at a point where we had the largest strike authorization in our history. And the leadership, meaning myself and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, were new to them in our roles, and we were no pushovers, and we were not going to be intimidated.

So, once they had that rude awakening, then there had to be adjustments. They walked away from the table at one point, but that intimidation tactic did not work for us. And then they would take a week, at least, before they'd come back with even a supposal, let alone a counter, once they did come back.

And then, on my side, patience — patience and time is the secret sauce. And we never felt a need to rush in order to come to a conclusion of what needed to happen. And, as a result of that, we remained in unity. And, as a result of that, when we finally got that last piece of A.I. in place and the last piece needed for the streaming platform new revenue source, then we were ready to make a motion and pass without objection.

And that is what happened. And that, in itself, is historic.

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