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Originally Posted by SLO-BOB
I used to be a union electrician - 15 years. Fortunately, I worked in jurisdictions that were a little more flexible. We didn't have these problems and we had good employability. Costs were kept to a minimum and the customers had us because they liked the work, not because they were extorted.
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I imagine you guys are expecting me to comment. As you know, I am very shy but I don't want to deny you the benefit of my input, so here it is.
I have heard of this sort of behavior, particularly in Chicago. I've heard many other stories with similar tones. Not just in Chicago, but that does happen to be where most of the ugliest stories come from. I dunno. Never been to Chicago. I hear the pizza is good there.
In Seattle, our Labor community is like SLO-BOB's description above. Very cooperative. Very helpful to the contracting community. Flexible. You wouldn't want to try to build something large here without them. Not because they would engage in shenanigans. But rather, the unions halls are where you find the guys that can execute contracts of that magnitude. You could use cheap labor, at half the union wage, but the project will almost certainly run over budget and behind schedule.
For small jobs like this, nobody would say "Boo."