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AFGE Local 2263 Member since 1999

 

Operating engineer local 18

 

I was born in 88D

 

Plumbers & pipefitters local 9, 39 year member

 

IUEC local 8

 

IAFF Local 22

 

Isnt there supposed to be a second gate on this thread for all the scabs/rats! IRONWORKERS UNION LOCAL 377 SAN FRANCISCO. BEST IN THE WEST, AND LOOKING EAST! And for all you nay sayers talking shit about union members being lazy, come join me on a 6 inch i-beam a couple hundred feet of the ground, come tie some rebar for 12 hrs a day, come throw some deck.. Ill be on my union job site working, with dues receipt in my pocket.

 

You iron workers are crazy. I wanna learn how to weld tho. Always a useful thing to know. Plus if get paid more at my job if I knew how

 

Btw. IBEW local 11. So good were number one twice!

 

Ill teach you only if you join the ironworkers! Its enough that wood butchers take our work! For reals though, i love hearing that we are crazy! Makes me proud to be third generation! And to be honest, its an adrenaline high ALL DAY.. Learn to weld, its a hell of a skill.

 

local 5 union hotel worker here..6yrs n 6mo..i love the union, but i do disagree with them sometimes.

going thru some rough times with some coworkers atm.

 

USW Local 8621. Don't know if y'all are dealing with any of this in your state, but WV State house and senate are trying to pass a right to work law. Been fighting this for the last few weeks now.

 

If you only knew! \m/ Thanks, makes me proud!

 

Look at my sig..

 

If you're talking to me, i don't see a sig. On my phone.

 

I guess this puts a bit of a wrench in the cogs of the argument that unions aren't needed anymore.

http://www.smnweekly.com/shuttle-dr...lley-tech-companies-vote-to-join-union/18624/

 

Then why are only roughly 11% of the working population union members/employees? If it is such a necessity, I would think everyone would join, no?

 

In MY OPINION, i think john q public has a bad perception of the unions in general. Companies like target, and Walmart like to bash unions and make them look bad. The truth is, if unions were to disappear, people's wages would start tumbling down, kids would be going back to work, and we would all be working astronomical hours, for sh!t pay. The other reasons is unions would drive up costs more so than most "think " they already do, in some areas. Imagine the price of your house if it was all union labor. Its a none fact unions also set the price, or prevailing wage, for non union. Look, i aint saying there perfect, lord knows they aren't. My District (nevada, cali, Arizona and Hawaii i think) just screwed me out of a decent raise. We are gonna see 3 dollars in 3 years. Now in phoenix, reno, fresno san diego thats ok. But in a high cost of living place like san Francisco it blows. Three dollars is jack sh!t. And before you assume or talk any sh!t i think you need to realize exactly what it is an IRONWORKER does. Again, its not perfect, and MAYBE they had there heyday when gramps was a member. But i will NEVER, in MY LINE OF WORK, work non union. I have friends, ney, BROTHER IRONWORKERS who came in from the non union that have told me too many horror stories. And if you believe all companies treat there employees with love and resprespect, then i suggest you take off your rose colored sunglasses. oh, and anyone making the "dues argument", shut the fu€k up, that sh!t is a tax write-off. Btw, i am in no means trying to disrespect you, or anyone.

 

Well, if it works for you, great! However, I have worked in predominantly union run industries my entire career for non-union companies and have never heard anyone - well, management anyways. Guys, like yourself, will always have their own opinion and may share when not wanted - say a negative thing about unions and out union counterparts. I can also honestly say that my pay is higher than a similar position with our union counterpart as well as equivalent and in some ways better benefits.

 

Its like apples and oranges. Atleast we can agree on tacomas, hopefully 1st gen
Im not one of those guys who is "blind" and won't recognize the cons.. Hell i know the ironworkers have had there share of controversy lately. But it works for me and my family, and i wouldn't have it any other way.