Harry Krause wrote in message
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My guess is that most of those who slam unions in their posts here would
not qualify for any skilled union craft job in the building or
manufacturing trades, and resent the fact that many union craft workers
earn solidly middle class incomes.

I recall some final year electrician apprentices I met in San Francisco,
including a young woman who already had a college degree and was working
as an accountant before joining up with the union. She's now working as
a control motor installer at $75,000 a year, straight time. And is worth
every penny.


The local Longshoreman's Union posted an ad in a local paper for 60
trainees.
At $27.00/hr CDN and 1.5 x for night shifts....2.0X Sundays & holidays a
darn good living can be earned by local standards.
At last report over 2000 applied. Seems like lots of people are only too
willing to work in a union environment.