[TheForge] concrete

Wed Mar 17 02:29:00 2004

don't get me going on that $40.00 a hr to push a shovel is too much. The
unions worst enemy is it self
Dan Scheid

> Another reason much of the concrete work in the U.S. is bad is that there
> has been a concerted effort by the contractors and gov. to break the
> skilled trades unions.(all in the name of cost cutting) We are now seeing
> the results of this in inferior work and the lack of well trained workers.
>          What you see now on jobs (mostly nonunion) is a few lead
> men(knowledgeable)  and a bunch of vocational school grads. with only a
few
> years experience. This makes for a lot of mistakes. All to save a few
bucks.
>
> Kim George
>
>        "Why for you burry me in cold,cold ground?" Taz
>
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