Unions Have Passed Their Day and Use

What's wrong with unions today? First, when an electrician need to move something
out of their way to get at an electrical box, that electrician needs to wait until a
loader or general worker comes over to move the item a few feet. If that worker is
at lunch or doing something else, the electrician might have to wait several hours.
This adds to the cost of the job. Definitely not a good union rule.

Another scenario is when a plumber connects a hot water heater. BUT the hot water heater
needs to be grounded. That requires an electrician. Come on. What os so complicated. All
that is needed is to apply one wire from the hot water heater to the ground on the
electrical panel. But no, I had to wait for an electrician to arrive to connect that one wore.
I could have done it but the plumber would not let me do that on my own hot water heater
in my own house.

And when I told the plumber to do something else because I was not paying for his time to
wait for the electrician to arrive, he complained loudly. SO I fired him and paid him for his
time. Then I called the electrician and canceled his coming to me. He complained and he
was not even able to get there inside 2 hours. Geesch! I thought.

Then I called a handyman. The city install papers were still good and the handyman did
the job completely - hot water heater and ground in very little time. The city inspector
looked at the completed install and checked the ground and passed the installation.

Best of all I saved a lot of money in less time.

Union rules block good business practices. They are part of what is wrong with unions.

One other general problem with unions is their demand for raises when the economy is
turning down; like it is today. Instead of asking for more and more, they should be happy
that they even have a job. BUT NO!!! Unions think they have to get raises because then
unions can raise their union dues. It is all about union dues. Never forget that one fact.

It's time for unions to back down - before they become obsolete.

And that 's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford