Harry Krause wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:
wrote:
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.
Show me ONE PIECE of evidence that says you have to hire a union
electrician to plug in an extension cord. All of this urban myth stuff
has gotten everyone in a tizzy, so show some damned proof that that is
the rule.....or quit.

I have had the same situation in NYC and McCormick Center. It is the
rule at the large Shows in both cities. It is not an urban legend.

No one wants to buck the union and have them screw up your show.



Once again, if you are an exhibitor, you are dealing with the facility's
management, not the union.
Harry,
You are correct, and we have no way of knowing what the arrangement with
the union and the exhibitor nor the local fire codes. It does make
sense that the fire dept would set up requirements for the exhibitor.

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Reggie
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