Franny the Nanny delivers a classic stemwinding labor speech. She knows how to sell. She doesn’t sidetrack into cultural crap or fine details. Pure labor vs capital, workers vs Wall Street. Gompers approved of women leading labor unions 100 years ago, so he wouldn’t be shocked at all.
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The folks at the Ankler discussing the speech note that the previous total strike was in 1960 when Reagan was head of SAG. They joke that Fran is now in the line of succession for the presidency. Let’s do it! But let’s not wait 20 years until she’s 85, which seems to be the minimum age for presidents now.
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