"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan Krueger wrote:
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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.

Chicago? Do you think they had a choice? They didn't build a replica
of the Statue of Liberty, they plug in extension cords!

Dan

What do you do that's worth $50?

Is that your best shot Harry? Really?

I know what construction workers earn, or at least I do for many of the
trades in a number of cities. They earn their pay.


Duh! I never said otherwise Harry.

I was not talking about construction workers. I am talking about union
electricians at convention centers.

Is that now viewed as a *construction* job by the unions Harry?