tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616781093856638990.post6153455633469646074..comments2023-10-05T04:49:20.931-04:00Comments on The Middle-Earth Blog: Union Attempts Hobbit Boycott, Jackson RespondsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616781093856638990.post-7753340613621616232010-10-25T16:50:50.673-04:002010-10-25T16:50:50.673-04:00why are we taking orders from an OZ union who dont...why are we taking orders from an OZ union who dont give a shit about NZ. All they want to do is stir up shit.They cant handle the fact that we are better at making Big budget flims and now they want to come over here and control it.<br />Where is the NZ union? dont they have a voice of their own.I think the small minority of snotty nose actors who belong to NZ Actors Equity are cutting their own throats and taking the majority down with them.<br />Whos going to want to employ the acts who belong to the NZ Actors Equity now that they have stuffed it up for ever other actor,director,Makeup artists,movie crews etc the list goes own.<br />Its nothing to do with Peter Jackson he is not the owner of the movie company.<br />It all to do with OZ unions, they destroyed their flim industry and by trying to take over our industry, in the process have destroyed it and our great reputation.<br />Thanks MEAA and NZ Actors EquityHamishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616781093856638990.post-68271947929560229632010-09-30T08:44:15.386-04:002010-09-30T08:44:15.386-04:00Move the production to BC CnadaMove the production to BC CnadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616781093856638990.post-13433294817252996392010-09-29T08:45:40.275-04:002010-09-29T08:45:40.275-04:00Unions are tapeworms sucking the life from every i...Unions are tapeworms sucking the life from every industry they infest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616781093856638990.post-40988466739031256442010-09-28T03:11:57.451-04:002010-09-28T03:11:57.451-04:00What a sea of red herrings! Workers are entitled t...What a sea of red herrings! Workers are entitled to negotiate collectively to protect themselves from being exploited. It is well known in NZ that safety standards on LOTR were non existent, NZ is too small for the anecdotes not to be widely told. If Jackson had nothing to hide he would meet and negotiate with the Australasian union representing NZ actors.James Ritchienoreply@blogger.com