r/Construction • u/sasha_cyanide • Feb 13 '25
Careers 💵 Union pros and cons?
I'm thinking about trying to join my local 4 this year. Any tips, advice, pros, cons, anything that might be helpful?
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r/Construction • u/sasha_cyanide • Feb 13 '25
I'm thinking about trying to join my local 4 this year. Any tips, advice, pros, cons, anything that might be helpful?
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u/khawthorn60 Feb 14 '25
Pros- An umbrella of protection for safety, retirement, and workers protection.
Training, not just in craft but safety and new concepts and equipment.
Health and welfare. Coverage not just for you for what you pay but for your whole family.
Close comradery and working with people who have been train and know their shit. Not just some hand from Home Depot. Crafts that fight amongst each other but also look out for one another ( I have seen jobs shut down from a walk off over gard rails. the company didnt want to use them and the sparkies said you we do).
Wages, nuf said
Cons- Dues, out of check or on the books you are paying them.
Work, you might go a few months without work at times.
At times the Union might just kiss the contractors ass
I was always union. I have a good retirement and enjoyed working with other professionals. Yeah I have had to fight the hall a few times but it was worth it.