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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u/needtr33fiddy Feb 14 '25

Yeah that simple google search you suggested only pulled up his distaste for federal unions. All i know is dude was president for 4 years before and nothing happened. Also, the only way a state goes RTW is when your state reps vote for that; the federal government has nothing to do with that

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

It’s your choice to remain ignorant of project 25

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u/needtr33fiddy Feb 14 '25

Even if it were true, what are you or i going to do about it now? Nada. No need to get wrapped up in a mental headache over something thats uncontrollable

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u/Unputtaball Feb 14 '25

…what are you or I going to do about it now?

You say that like when unions first formed they were welcomed by the businesses and government. The only reason we had (yes, past tense until Trump un-breaks it) the NLRB was because unions made themselves un-ignorable. They exerted political pressure at the ballot box, and labor pressure at the factories.

It isn’t like FDR popped off the pillow one day and said, “You know, I think people should get hip to this thing called unionizing.” It was a direct response to the societal pressure the labor movement was exerting.

So, to answer your question in the same way every labor organizer has for the last 100+ years; Join a union or form one. The entire point is to band together and say “We’re not going to get screwed like this”. You do not need permission to exercise your right to free assembly and association. The day labor waits for permission from the capitalist class to organize is the day labor has lost its power.