RWhisenand wrote:I'm glad they verified qualifications prior to going to work on public utilities. It's dangerous work, and should never be done by unqualified persons. It would seam that they were also held in order to determine where they would be best utilized as some of the areas they were comming to help already were comming back online. If workers refused to affiliate, it's on them not the IBEW.
So, if professional utility workers belong to the IBEW they are "qualified", but if they choose not to join, the exact same professional workers are "un-qualified". Do you realize how ridiculous that is? It only makes sense to folks brain-washed in "Union-think".
Both my BILs work in the Trade Unions at Temple University. One is a plumber. He carries a union card, so I guess that makes him a "qualified" plumber. News for you. I'm a better plumber then he is, and I wouldn't let him touch a pipe in my home.
My other BIL tried to recruit me for a Union General Maintenance position over there. Read the booklet. I was allowed to paint 4' of trim, but not 4'1". Have to call in the painters for that extra inch. Could replace 2 floor tiles. Three required the flooring guys. Could plunge a toilet, but not snake it. That required a Plumber. Was allowed a 16 oz. claw hammer. I'm a contractor and use a 22 oz. ripping hammer most efficiently, but no, on this job, I would have to use a less efficient 16 oz. claw hammer. Had a 5-1/2" American made battery saw. Rule book stated 3-1/4" battery saw only. So, by Union rules, I'd have to retire my American made saw, and buy one from Japan. Rules on sizes and lengths of screw drivers, files, tape measures, etc. etc. Every possible tool I was permitted to have on the job site was spelled out and specified in detail in the book, and no deviations where permitted. Most union folk see this, and think it's normal. The rest of us see these kinds of rules and requirements, designed to increase the cost of labor, and decrease efficiency as "insanity". Just say'n.