"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan Krueger wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
Don White wrote:

The local boat show starts at noon today and runs through Sunday.
Newspaper says admission fee has jumped to $ 10.00. Is it just
me..or does that seem a bit excessive?
http://www.masterpromotions.ca/halif...-boat-show.asp
It should be free.
It should be free but many of these shows are run by large exhibition
companies employing union labor at exorbitant rates. Traffic control,
ticket sales, security, etc. are all union controlled.

I have attended shows where you would have to literally pay a union
electrician $50 to plug in your extension cord. Plug it in yourself
and you would be charged the same $50. Simple forklift delivery of
your booth materials cost hundreds. Even worse, they would put their
hand out looking for a tip while they are on the clock. Pretty sad.


Poor Dan. He had to pay a contractor who paid his workers a decent wage
with benefits.

What do *you* do that's worth $50?



Dan speaks the truth Harry. That is the way it goes at the International
Exposition Center in Cleveland. I am sure other unionized convention
centers are the same

So?

You go to a prime convention center, you want work done, you deal with the
contractors with whom the convention center has contracted. That's how it
is in the real world.


He's not talking about "wanting work done". He's talking about getting
charged $50 for plugging in your own extension cord.