I don't think the musicians come off looking bad. They were skilled employees at a business. The business decided to substantially cut half the employees' sala

I don't think the musicians come off looking bad. They were skilled employees at a business. The business decided to substantially cut half the employees' salaries from $36,000 to $24,000 and demote the other half to part time workers making only about $10k per year. The employees did not accept this. Nothing about that speaks ill of the employees.