"John P Reber" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
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I've been in situations where Union work rules just got in the way of
simple tasks that any bozo could do - from electrical cords to
erecting a display booth - silly, stupid things that are only designed
to keep somebody busy.


Like a girls volleyball tournament that was held at the Philadelphia
Convention Center.

Following quoted from Philadelphia Daily News:

Its organizers can set up a complete volleyball court in an hour or less
with eight 14-year-old girls. But not in our Convention Center. Here, it
took six union laborers two hours a court at a cost of $65 per person per
hour. Because the four barrels holding down the volleyball poles are
filled with water, in Philadelphia this means you involve two plumbers for
two hours each to fill and place the four barrels needed for each court.

The bottom line: $135,000 for 30 courts as compared to $15,000 for 54
courts in Baltimore!

But didn't you know that the union guys spent 3 years learning about the
hazards of water? And Harry would argue that they filled the barrels with
water better than a non union person could.