[Zeke]

Not to hijack, but I did shows as well, years ago. I found that if you don't "hire" anyone, the union has to let you set up your own booth. You are not allowed to have it fork lifted in or unpacked from a shipping crate. But, if you can unload it yourself, hand truck in in from the parking lot from a private vehicle, you can do your own work.

I have had to pay a union electrician to plug in my display power cord. That's actually a good thing if you see some of the jerry rigged electricals people show up with. The fire dept has an interest in this as well. If I had a new booth, it would be powered with batteries and LED lights. Once the show started, I could probably sneak a cord into the floor box to give the batteries a quick jolt.