And, I have yet to hear his plan for equally distributing the ownership rights and earnings of his film, "Capitalism: A Love Story," to the workers who toiled to bring it to life. Could it be that Moore, as an artiste, believes his unique brand of documentary filmmaking, his audacity in creating it, and his hard work to make it successful entitle him to more than the stagehands made? Heaven forfend. Now, in the hiring area, as in many other areas, Americans are instructed to do as Michael Moore says, not as he does:
Michael Moore, champion of the working class, used non-union stagehands to film "Capitalism: A Love Story." The porcine provocateur is promoting his anti-Wall Street jeremiad by giving free tickets to unions, but the American Federation of Teachers has turned them down because Moore didn't hire any members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. "Michael Moore and one of our sister unions, IATSE, are in discussions about concerns the union has," the AFT told ABC News. "The AFT has decided against accepting tickets until those issues are resolved."