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Keyser Söze

On 7/23/15 3:40 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:29:55 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 7/23/15 3:22 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:36:31 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

If you set up a building trades table at career day, you would be a
pretty lonely guy.

That must be why there is a waiting list in most of the skilled trades
nationwide to get into union-contractor apprenticeship programs.

"Nationwide"? That sounds like something that *might* be happening in
a few union dominated states where you have to be in the union to work
but it is certainly not true most places.
Guys around here are always having troubles finding local kids who
want to learn a trade. That is coming from the electrical contractors
group I belong to, not just a rumor on the street of an "anecdote".
Kids do show up but most never finish the apprenticeship. The work is
too hard.

Right now hiring in the building trades is up 7% so far this year
(according to the news today) and they are advertising everywhere
trying to get more people.
If you know some trade guys who can handle a little sunshine, send
them down.

Uh, northern unionized trade workers/apprentices avoid Florida for the
most part in the spring, summer, and fall months because your pay rates
suck.