Posted by Geo-TH,In on February 26, 2015 at 02:54:29 from (50.127.35.237):
In Reply to: Right to Work. posted by lfure on February 25, 2015 at 14:36:12:
I know a union electrician and a union heavy equipment operator. Both had to know someone to get sponsored, or they wouldn't get in to the union.
The mayor, as pay back to the unions, got a law passed that only union electricians can work in the city. Bubba is not welcome. They actually fined and took Bubba to court and won.
So, some union jobs work on the good old boy system. It's who you know. So I can see whey some people are crying foul, I want to work too and can't get in to the system.
In defense of the trade unions, my brother was a heavy equipment operator. He sponsored his two boy. For the most part, he got all his jobs through the union hall. Without the union, he wouldn't have had health insurance and retirement benefits. I think he had to put so many hours in or pay so much to keep his benefits. He always worked enough hours. Some jobs he had to drive a long way and work from daylight to dark.
And the union made sure the equipment he operated was safe. The union, unlike some, didn't protect the lazy. If you couldn't get the job done, you were sent home. Or the person needing an operator may request the hard working guys too.
Unlike the teacher's union that protected the weak teachers and eat the young when there were layoffs, I can see advantages to the trade unions. The trade unions where I live also do drug testing. Before brother retired, he had to be certified each year to operate equipment.
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