Fran Drescher’s “Robin Hood fund” is finally getting off the ground, nearly two years after it was touted as a major win of the 2023 actors’ strike.

Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA announced on Friday the establishment of the SAG-AFTRA-Producers Success Bonus Distribution Fund, a mechanism that will allow a large pool of union performers to share in the success of top streaming projects. According to the union, trustees both from labor and management have agreed on the terms of the fund, which will offer “the first-ever secondary income stream to performers of successful made-for-streaming shows whose compensation was previously not directly linked to their show’s success.”

Fran Drescher’s “Robin Hood fund” is finally getting off the ground, nearly two years after it was touted as a major wi

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