Robert Struckman

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore had visited people at the AFL-CIO office in Washington, DC, but I hadn’t had a chance to talk to him. Everyone who did talk to him said he was “surprisingly nice,” which I thought was kind of funny. He does have an “angry liberal” persona in his films, but isn’t the criticism of him just another tool of those who want to discredit humanism? Anyway, when I reached Moore, he was recovering from a bout of pneumonia. I hope he doesn’t mind me mentioning that. I had a chance to put some questions to him. Here’s how it went.

I mean, what’s it worth?

His name is Kwaku Agyeman, and he has a job pushing wheelchairs for passengers who otherwise would have a hard time getting around Reagan National Airport, which serves metropolitan Washington, D.C.

I came here in February, 2009, and there was one person who was vocal against us. I’m not going to name names, but they were loud.

Ever heard of Allegheny Technologies Inc? Its stock trades as ATI, but you didn’t need to know that, and you can guess why last summer it locked out 2,200 ATI workers in six states.