Ah. So the union is pissed that people might work outside the union and cost union jobs. So to fix that, they force the film to stop, thus preventing anyone from earning a living - including union. Bottom line, no union jobs. That’s kind of like changing spark plugs once you’ve blown a hole in the side of the engine block.
Why don’t unions have to compete just like companies? Wouldn’t that be nice?
I’m hoping that McKellan, Weaving and any other of the main actors who are union will tell their union to pound sand on this one so that they don’t loose their jobs.
But we will see how this goes. Hopefully, after this muddle is worked out, Jackson won’t treat the story line of “The Hobbit” the same way he treated the story of The Lord of the Rings.