Originally Posted by
6 Million Dollar Man
I think unions outlived their usefulness.
And yes, they jack up the prices on everything way too much. I can tell you stories I heard from guys who worked in unions. Such waste because of the stupid rules.
One time, a guy who used to work for the Iron Workers, told me that he had to cut a small piece of 2X4 wood out of a small 2 foot piece. He spent 2 hours trying to hunt down a carpenter to cut it for him because union rules wouldn't let him cut a piece of wood because that was a carpenters job, and it would be considered stealing a job from a carpenter, although it would've only taken him about 2 minutes to cut that stupid piece of wood.
Another guy, who used to be in the Machinist's Union, went to work one morning and the light bulb was blown inside his CNC machine. He couldn't see in the machine without light. Even though it would have only taken him a minute to change that light bulb, his boss made him just sit in his chair in front of his machine and do nothing for 8 hours because there wasn't an electrician on the job site to come change the light bulb for him. He wasn't allowed to change it himself because that was considered an electrician's job, and he would be stealing work from an electrician if he changed the light bulb himself.
A bunch of stupid rules and full of waste.