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Yes, the unions are partly just getting caught in the middle. They may have a high hourly wage, but that's all they set, and it's certainly not $250 an hour.
by smackfu 15y ago
Yes, the unions are partly just getting caught in the middle. They may have a high hourly wage, but that's all they set, and it's certainly not $250 an hour. The convention center is taking the money and the union is getting the blame.
OTOH, it is true that the union will aggressively police their job roles, which may have expanded over time to include things that are just silly, like moving a cart from A to B. Ideally those would be rolled back to sensible jobs that require workers, but obviously no one has an incentive to do that.
- specialist 15y agoI was the IT guy for an electrical contractor. I observed the benefit of having set roles. You need fiber spliced? Call the union hall and ask for that skill and they'll send you a worker that absolutely will be able to do that specific task. The benefit of outsourcing the vetting, training, and qualifications to the union hall was huge. (And better than any temp agency I've ever seen or heard about.) In other professions, I have no doubt that silly shop floors rules (need an elevator operator to work the elevator) are terrible. I've heard the stories, many by union members that disagree. My guess is those silly rules start as buyoffs / payola (quid pro quo during some negotation years ago) and became institutionalized.