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[Eddies66]

Originally Posted by SStockDart

RTW is about letting employees keep their hard earned money and not donate to the historical thuggery of unions. Have you forgotten, I was once a union steward for the Teamsters before I was a manager a Fortune 500 company. I've lived on and seen both sides and prefer employees being able to walk up to a manager and have a conversation without consulting the union first. Who issued your pay check and probably paid for most of what you have? The company. You have them to thank not a greedy union that takes your money. Have a nice day. No need for unions anymore.

The International Union of Operating Engineers is comprised of more than 400,000 members throughout the United States and Canada. Answer me this, who going to get the better health and dental insurance, who is going to get a pension vice a 401k that the individual pays for, who is going to work in a safe environment. Who is more likely to be screwed out of prevailing wage when working a public works job?????

[nickh]

Originally Posted by Eddies66

The International Union of Operating Engineers is comprised of more than 400,000 members throughout the United States and Canada. Answer me this, who going to get the better health and dental insurance, who is going to get a pension vice a 401k that the individual pays for, who is going to work in a safe environment. Who is more likely to be screwed out of prevailing wage when working a public works job?????

Sorry but in the refinery petrochemical industry your non union labor always has the best safety record! Have seen it first hand, it takes 4 people to do the job of 2 seen that first hand too. Also the bill rate to the customer is way higher than ours, please understand with the high bill rates we ALL pay for that. Look at auto manufacturers up their msrp rates 20 to 30 percent!! why you have 1 guy that drives a forklift delivering parts to the assembly line making 43 an hour! really we all pay through the nose for union labor, without justification! JMO

Example: Non Union company bids on a job at 86 an hour bill rate and has excellent safety record

The a Union Contractor has subpar safety record, bill rate is 110 per hour and they have twice as many people as non union!

who will you pick?

[Eddies66]

Originally Posted by nickh

Sorry but in the refinery petrochemical industry your non union labor always has the best safety record! Have seen it first hand, it takes 4 people to do the job of 2 seen that first hand too. Also the bill rate to the customer is way higher than ours, please understand with the high bill rates we ALL pay for that. Look at auto manufacturers up their msrp rates 20 to 30 percent!! why you have 1 guy that drives a forklift delivering parts to the assembly line making 43 an hour! really we all pay through the nose for union labor, without justification! JMO

Example: Non Union company bids on a job at 86 an hour bill rate and has excellent safety record

The a Union Contractor has subpar safety record, bill rate is 110 per hour and they have twice as many people as non union!

who will you pick?

The lowest bidder! And if the contractor was non-union I would check the certified payrolls on a weekly basis to ensure that they were being pay correctly. Last year a Operating Engineer Contract Compliance Officer recovered $3.5 million in wages from from non-signatory companies that screwed their employees out of prevailing wages.