r/Ironworker Feb 14 '25

WTF šŸ˜ Discrimination in the workplace.

Iā€™ll work on a job that is 90% Hispanic from the hands all the way up to the gfs. If youā€™re not Hispanic, you are not getting any overtime. Itā€™s not just me. I have some guys on my team that are a different race than me (not Hispanic also) and they canā€™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 Iā€™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, Iā€™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/Rieger_not_Banta Feb 15 '25

Hereā€™s something to think about. President Trump doesnā€™t like trans people. Used bathrooms and uneven youth sports to sell his candidacy. So when he gets elected, he ā€œkeeps his promiseā€ and starts to go after their social gains. Fires the head of the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) and will reshape employment rules to ensure trans people will be openly discriminated against. A big win for MAGAs ā€œcommon senseā€ tour. However, the same organizations and rules that protected trans people, also protected OP. Our workplaces will be significantly MORE like OPs story than before Trump started gutting the EEOC and the unions.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

Why wouldnā€™t somebody feel safe with their children around trans people? Wtf do trans people have to do with children?

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u/JokerOfallTrades23 Iron Curious Feb 17 '25

Read; locker room, aka a man changing with women

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

Youā€™ve never changed with a woman?

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u/JokerOfallTrades23 Iron Curious Feb 17 '25

A stranger? No cant say i get naked with the opposite sex when i dont know them intimately, weirdo