I did construction inspections for landfill sites. I will say the Union Shops felt much better run, with fewer accident (its anecdotal I know, but when constru

I did construction inspections for landfill sites. I will say the Union Shops felt much better run, with fewer accident (its anecdotal I know, but when construction equipment flips, and you start to wonder how much training the guy on the backhoe has, not a question on Union sites, you know) Union Wages are very good in NY. The migratory non-uinion crews that did liner install where quite happy getting the union wages that were required on the site. There were a few people (equipment operators) that definitely used the union for cover and would just disappear at noon exactly for lunch, no matter what was going on, actually causing more work. When he was let go, he was at the gate watching to make sure nobody used the same equipment for a week (A rule to prevent short term layoffs and rehires). Mostly pretty hard working people, doing physical labor, stuff you wouldn't want to do after 50. The laborers had training on site sometime, to keep skills up.