Greedy Bastards

"IATSE international president Thomas Short issued a statement after the impasse was announced, and as is often the case recently he was critical of WGA leaders.

"I don't believe the WGA ever intended to bargain in good faith," Short said. "They are destroying a lot of lives in the process. As a result of their irresponsible and irrational behavior, the number of IA members who have lost work is fast approaching 40,000 people ... in the U.S. and Canada."

"Unless and until the WGA leadership starts behaving responsibly, which is unlikely, not only wages, health insurance coverage and pension benefits will be lost. Homes and businesses will be lost, too," he said."