00:00 it's so wrong and it's so unfair that they walked out of the meeting and so disrespectful.
00:06 SAG-AFTER president Fran Drescher is saying the AMPTP's decision to suspend bargaining talks
00:12 with the union came as a shock. In an interview that aired on the Today Show, Drescher asked,
00:17 "Why would you walk away from the table? It's not like we're asking for anything that's so
00:21 outrageous." They talk at you. They really don't want to hear what you have to say or why you're
00:28 saying it. On Thursday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarando said that talks fell apart after SAG proposed
00:34 what he called a levy on streaming subscribers. The AMPTP said that the proposal would cost them
00:39 more than $800 million per year. But Drescher noted, "We can't go back to the way things were.
00:45 It's unsustainable and my members can no longer make a living on this new and unprecedented
00:50 streaming platform with the old structure of payment, and they are going to have to
00:53 accept that reality. There's also the issue of AI." Drescher added, "We're looking for the
00:58 protections that these people deserve because it's their likeness, it's their essence of being,
01:03 it's their talent that's in jeopardy of being ripped off." The interview mirrored her comments
01:07 in July when the strike began. "We're at a crossroads where it's a very dangerous time,
01:12 and this is a very important negotiation. What happens here matters." For more on this story,
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