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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (638587)	12/8/2011 10:56:21 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 1583152

Yep, he's a mega-millionaire. In addition, though he talks up unions, he likes them more in theory than practice: Michael Moore Snubs Union Workers in Making 'Capitalism: A Love Story' .... As a result of Moore's decision not to use IATSE workers, at least one other national union, the American Federation of Teachers has refused free tickets offered to them from Moore. "Michael Moore and one of our sister unions, IATSE, are in discussions about concerns that union has. The AFT has decided against accepting free tickets until those issues are resolved," the teachers union said in a statement. Both the teachers union and IATSE are members of the larger national labor organization, the AFL-CIO. An internal AFT memo, obtained by ABCNews.com, added that the non-union workers hired for the film did not receive health insurance. The organized labor source said Moore and IATSE were in talks about Moore's decision, but did not know why Moore had used union labor for some jobs and non-union employees for other jobs for which he could have employed union workers. ..... abcnews.go.com

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