You work as an apprentice and part of a union -you are actually learning a trade. These are not union jobs so the wages are very low, you have no benefits (lik

You work as an apprentice and part of a union -you are actually learning a trade. These are not union jobs so the wages are very low, you have no benefits (likely no health insurance or vacation) and they are strictly labor positions where it's cheaper to use a 15 year old than it is to rent a backhoe.