"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.



Yes, well, the convention center management sets the rules.

The rules are dictated to them by the union.



Yeah, right...a kid dentist living in Naples, Florida, knows how the
"system" works.

There was a time, not long ago, when 35 years old was considered "old". So
thanks for the compliment.

And I know a lot more about the "system" then you'd imagine. I have
friends, relatives, and patients on both sides of the labor/management
aisle, and have discussed with each of them their perspectives on this.


I just find myself agreeing with the management's argument a lot more often.