Fran Drescher applauded for fiery speech as she calls for first SAG strike in 4 decades: watch

SAG-AFTRA President and The Nanny alum Fran Drescher, 65, was applauded for her impassioned speech at the SAG press conference -AFTRA in Los Angeles July 13. His speech (watch video below) comes a day after the organization and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) approached their deadline to develop a new "fair" three-year contract. “I took it seriously, thinking we would be able to avoid a strike,” Fran said at the start of the speech. "The seriousness of this decision is not lost on me, nor our bargaining committee, nor the members of our Board of Directors who voted unanimously to proceed with a strike."

This is a historic decision for SAG-AFTRA, as it is the first industry-wide since 1980, by variety . "This is a very serious thing that affects thousands, if not millions of people, across the country and around the world," the 65-year-old continued. "Not only the members of this union, but the people who work in other industries who serve the people who work in this...