Harry Krause wrote:

Dan Krueger wrote:

Harry Krause 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.




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?


Get me a 9-5 job with paid benefits, four week's vacation, and I'll
sell my business and plug in extension cords for $50 each all day long.



While some construction workers work 9-5, most work from sunrise to
mid=afternoon. Inside jobs, of course, are different.

If you want to be a journeyman electrician, attend a four or five year
apprenticeship program.

Oh...the paid benefits...they're part of the pay package. They're
negotiated and are there as part of the total hourly rate. They're not
given.


Help me with this part:

"He had to pay a contractor who paid his workers".

Does this mean a guy sits in a chair, takes $40, gives $10 to an
uneducated yahoo to PLUG IN AN EXTENSION CORD and that is OK?


I don't know of one major market where union electricians are paid only
$10 an hour. You obviously have no knowledge of the construction
contracting business.

What do you do that's worth $50?

You are assuming it take an hour to plug in one extension cord. That
might be correct in the union world. You would know better!

Dan