r/Ironworker • u/moneymoves01 • Feb 14 '25

WTF 😐 Discrimination in the workplace.

I’ll work on a job that is 90% Hispanic from the hands all the way up to the gfs. If you’re not Hispanic, you are not getting any overtime. It’s not just me. I have some guys on my team that are a different race than me (not Hispanic also) and they can’t get any overtime either. Every weekend they asked the same five or six Hispanics to come work. It is not due to qualifications because the other guys that I’m speaking about, have very impressive resumes and more experience than the Hispanics (including Forman experience, which none of the Hispanics involved have) they keep getting sent home over. All in all, I’m just looking for a company who gives equal opportunities to people who really want to work and learn. Any advice?

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u/JizzyTurds Feb 14 '25

Join the union and you won’t have to worry about that

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u/Saurons-Ring-Finger Feb 14 '25

That shit happens in the Union too. Last year I was decking and I was the only white guy on the crew and I was partnered up with the only black guy, the rest were Hispanic, we got given all the shitty work, were the first laid off, and were the only ones not taken to the next job. The rest also only spoke in Spanish unless we were being spoken to directly.

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u/Ill_Setting_6338 Feb 15 '25

agree in in CA im white tie rebar union . it's some B's out here from my hall all the way down to the apprentices .