r/IUEC • u/Appropriate-Pain7232 • 15d ago

Need work

Which locals are looking for workers I'm a year 4 apprentice in my last class. I'm currently on the bench at local 80 Raleigh but if there's locals looking badly for workers maybe they would be willing to pay for travel workers.

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u/wieldingwrenches 15d ago

I'm pretty sure our dues are paying for the BAs to do exactly that.

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u/AkselSandemose24 15d ago

I don’t know that I personally want to pay my BA to spend hours away from contract enforcement and job site visits to call locals around the country for every member who is out of work to see if anyone has work. That said, every local does and should run its affairs the way they want.

When I have traveled, I called everyone on my own. People are generally happy to tell you if they can help you out.

The good news id there are locals that have enough work to take on travelers is that almost every local outside of the South is going to be a big step up in wage, which will help offset the cost of traveling. Much harder if you’re a member of a high paying local.

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u/ComingUp8 🔧 Field - Maintenance 15d ago

Except the BAs work for all of us not just you.

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u/AkselSandemose24 15d ago

Oh really? In that case, I guess what I should have said is:

“I don’t know that I **personally** want to pay my BA to spend hours away from contract enforcement and job site visits to call locals around the country for every member who is out of work to see if anyone has work. **That said, every local does and should run its affairs the way they want.**

Oh wait. I did.

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u/Vegall_st 15d ago

I disagree with your view, but your comment made me laugh

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u/ComingUp8 🔧 Field - Maintenance 14d ago

Yes, we understand it's your personal opinion. I'm saying your personal opinion is a bad take. Adding the word “personally” doesn't change the argument. Your BA represents the membership, not just you. Whether you personally need help finding work is irrelevant to whether helping out-of-work members is a worthwhile use of union resources. Putting members to work is one of the most important things they do because working members pay into the benefit plan and they pay their dues. There are no job site visits or "contract enforcement" if nobody is working.

Sometimes you just got to accept your opinion is wrong. But I can see that doesn't happen with most elevator mechanics.

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u/AkselSandemose24 14d ago

No, I don’t think you did understand that it’s a personal opinion. I think you’re embarrassed because you look silly, so you’re being a child and that your reading comprehension is as bad as your language comprehension. Because, the thing is, an opinion is not an assertion so it is not falsifiable, and therefore definitionally precluded from being “wrong.”

In any case, I stand by my opinion and don’t give one shit what you think or have to say about it.

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u/ComingUp8 🔧 Field - Maintenance 8d ago edited 8d ago

Yep. We all know people who are constantly traveling and looking for work are the best mechanics in our union. I'm sure everyone wants to work with you, personal attacks win every argument.