I tried not to mention Bloombergs gun agenda, I have no use for that, Giuliani was a decent guy, no matter who takes the position, eventually they get ruined or it seems so. He did a lot of good things, and was not afraid of any repercussions with organized crime, and what he did was visible, got rid of the sqeegee-men, those want to wash your windshield, he broke up corruption in the Fulton fish market, even took on the feast of St Gennaro, lets just say you need to have "a pair" doing things like that. He removed large groups of homeless, though I am not sure what that entailed, or how they were helped or relocated, just saw a wheel loader clearing a pier taken over by them. What he did was at least visible and he had no gun agenda, enough said.
I had a lot of excellent operating engineers and associate trades on my jobs, and let me say that besides one or 2, these guys were excellent, they are licensed and WILL NOT take chances by putting themselves at risk, if there were any situations that arose from new legislation that was any kind of problem they would be the first to stand up. There was no way I could have kept my jobs safe, profitable and productive without top notch operators, the construction unions are different, it takes a good superintendent, foreman to make it work. If I was dissatisfied with an operator, even with the union agreement, even if a company man with the crane outfit, I can and have removed them from my jobs even if it takes losing 1 day erection, send the crane back, then order it back out again. Its a tight group in that area, they take pride in what they do, especially safety. Union does cost more, but the developers and owners make unreal profits on these buildings regardless, it is nice to have highly skilled operators and trades, I have done some non union work with trades that were just as skilled and safe, conscientious too, those operators have saved our bacon more than once when it comes to safety, and the equipment they are assigned too.
This post was edited by Billy NY at 10:03:24 02/05/14.
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