SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Easily Reelected; Running Mate Joely Fisher Wins Big To Return As Secretary-Treasurer
deadline.comFran Drescher has been reelected president of SAG-AFTRA in a landslide. Drescher, winning a second two-year term in votes counted Friday, handily defeated independent candidate Maya Gilbert-Dunbar.
Drescher received 23,080 votes to Gilbert-Dunbar’s 5,276, with 22.84% of the guild’s 124,477 eligible members casting ballots.
Drescher’s unity slate running mate, Joely Fisher, also won reelection as the guild’s secretary-treasurer, handily defeating independent candidate Peter Antico by a vote of 19,777 to 8,361. “I am honored to serve my union as president for another term,” Drescher said in a statement. “These are dynamic times and as one member body, we will weather the storms, stand on our principles and make sure our major contributions to this collaborative art form shall never again be diminished but rather be exalted.
I want all members to be equal in all ways and I will continue to fight against marginalization and discrimination within our union, from our employers and the world at large. “Our main objective as a labor union must be to make sure everyone has equal opportunity to work.
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