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Originally posted by legion
I see what you are saying Eric. However, this also frees a contractor to hire who does the best work, not who was assigned jurisdiction for that work. I'm not saying that contractors will do that, just that it gives that freedom.
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True, but it also means "skilled" craftsmen are going to feel the crunch. Generally, Laborers are the "lowest common denominator" on a jobsite--not much skill/training involved in becoming a laborer--can you sweep a broom, can you dig a hole, can you carry things....when contractors start bidding work, they are generally going to go with the cheapest labor source--to get the low number. For the most part, right now that is the laborers union--. (obviously this won't occur with things like wiring a building or welding)
Hopefully what this will lead to is increased efficency in the skilled trade unions. They should begin to realize that a contractor is more likely to hire a laborer to tie rebar, shovel concrete, or even drive a machine rather than an ironworker, mason, or operator.
However, what it also may lead to is fighting amongst the trades--especially if on a large jobsite, there is one contractor who is using all masons for his scope, while another contractor on the same site is using a composite crew of masons/laborers--while there are masons sitiing in the bench in the hall.
Right now I am keeping an open mind, but I am very interested to see how this will all play-out when the honeymoon period is over.