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Originally posted by lendaddy
I was not aware of union training centers. I know plenty of tradesmen here and none have ever mentioned such a thing. Obviously it exists, but around here the only union buildings are drinking lounges.
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I agree. I work in the turbine shop of a large utility and we can't find machinists or welders. It's a union shop so we ask the union if they know of any machinists? They send over guys that can barely turn on a lathe.
There are no longer unions training machinists around here. There aren't even trade schools or junior colleges training machinists.
We talked to the local machinist union (we're IBEW so it's a different union) about a training program. They said go for it, we're behind you 100%. By that, I guess they mean they'll try to take 100% of the people we train.
I suggested we take a trip to Poland and Eastern Europe and try to find them. My boss says he's looking into it .
