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Title: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: tacobender on June 15, 2025, 04:36:37 AM
I have a couple of buddies that swear by them, but it’s like they’re always laid off have to relocate keep moving and be away from their families. We obviously know the government paid job to any of you guys have experiences with people the benefits seem pretty good, but what’s the story does anybody have or can relate to the pros and cons? These guys are getting up there in Aegis, but it seems to me. It’s more like a dictatorship like a mafia.
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on June 15, 2025, 04:52:00 AM
If you’re working a trade it’s almost always better to be union than non-union company.  You have a lot of bullshit to deal with but at the end of the day it’s about making money and union jobs pay considerably more, most of the time.
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: tatoo on June 15, 2025, 08:30:25 AM
If you’re working a trade it’s almost always better to be union than non-union company.  You have a lot of bullshit to deal with but at the end of the day it’s about making money and union jobs pay considerably more, most of the time.

not of you own your own company
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on June 15, 2025, 08:47:40 AM
not of you own your own company

In some cases, sure.
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 15, 2025, 09:08:16 AM
i work in a union now, i used to hate them, my old union , was not worth a shit. the one i am in now has gotten us good raises   and benefits i have to admit the people i work with are a decent crew as well.  they have there pros and cons, but most companys  will fuck you in the ass with no union.
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: tacobender on June 15, 2025, 02:02:37 PM
I just don’t understand my buddies work half the time it just seems very political. It’s like they are treated like bitches. They have to travel for work away from your families and then they just get dropped or laid off at the drop of a hat and back on unemployment again it just seems like a shit fuck
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 15, 2025, 02:13:46 PM
I just don’t understand my buddies work half the time it just seems very political. It’s like they are treated like bitches. They have to travel for work away from your families and then they just get dropped or laid off at the drop of a hat and back on unemployment again it just seems like a shit fuck

Taco the one thing that does burn my ass is there are people who make the same as me but are not doing the same quality of work that is the one thing I hate about unions
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: judochoke on June 15, 2025, 10:15:34 PM
I was in a union for 33 years. I was a boiler operator and also ran the biggest ammonia plant in California. Steady work, good hours, everyone was cool, had to work all shifts. Pay raises were steady, medical slowly creeped up on us. But over all, was a great job. I now have been retired for 10 years, and the pension pays off like a slot machine every month.

And when i croak my lovely wife will get the same amount until she dies. UNION IS LOSING MONEY ON MY OLD ASS. LOLLLLLLLLL
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 16, 2025, 12:49:22 AM
If I were a lifetime blue collar worker I would probably want to join a union. Philosophically, I'm against them.
Title: Re: How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?
Post by: sync pulse on June 16, 2025, 01:47:16 AM
I wish I had union representation during my radio career...