The New York Times finds a Cornell labor academic willing to semi-defend the unionized Carnegie Hall stagehands who make $530,000, $453,000, $434,000, etc. The Times does note: "The power of the stagehands is palpable in the nervousness shown by people in the industry when talking about them." The IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) union Local 1 itself declined comment, as it did when Bloomberg News broke the story.