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Originally Posted by EchoMirage
i dont think people really understand what unions do for the workforce, INCLUDING non-union shops. if it wasnt for the unions on the outside looking in, making sure the non-union shops are at least somewhere on the up and up, the non-union workers wouldnt be making what they are (comparatively) and not have the benefits they do. now i am not a stick waving live-or-die union bigwig, but i just spent FIVE ****ING YEARS of my life going through an apprenticeship, five LONG, SHYTTY YEARS, and ill be god****ing damned if im going to let some asshat bash what i just spent half a decade getting into.
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And that's good, but I assume you didn't spend those 5 SHYTTY years to learn how to work on an assembly line either. My guess is you are either a boilermaker/electrician/carpenter/pipefitter/steel worker/operating engineer etc. etc. etc.....and if you excell at what you do, and you bust your ass everyday you deserve all the good that comes your way.
But do you think a person on an assembly line with a very limited skill set making widgets or stamping fenders or bolting in seats or whatever, deserves the same payscale as you? Why do union electricians make more than union laborers? The SKILLSET.....
I guess that's my real bitch with the UAW and any other union that is bleeding companies dry. Certain jobs are only ever gonna net you so much income. You don't like it, get a better SKILLSET and get a better job. Then put in an honest 40hr (at least) week.
How many times have you seen a Verizon truck sitting in the corner of some parking lot and the guy is reading the paper for 3 ****ing hours? Or the PSE&G guy doing the same? Who do you think is paying for all that non-productive time? Would that behavior be tolerated on your job site? Or would you be told to pack your **** and go home?
When I had Verizon Fios installed the guy had 1 Ticket for the entire day, mine. So I asked what do you do now (install took 2.5 hours), call in for more? He laughed.
Know this. I maybe be a son of bitch, but I ain't no @ss hat.
Chris