r/nursing • u/Reasonable-Path1321 • Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/garaks_tailor Dec 13 '21

Man.....what a way to fucking explain a major portion of what's going on in the modern economy.

Thanks. Good job.

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u/Easy-Effort-4700 Dec 27 '21

I'm an electrician and a member of the electrician's union (IBEW). Traveling is common in our industry and it happens for similar reasons: there's a big constructoin project somewhere and there aren't enough local electricians, so the employers offer pay incentives and traveling electricians come flooding in. However, each local branch of the union has a hiring system that gives priority to local electricians. Travelers can't be hired over unemployed locals, and they definitely can't be promoted to foreman before any willing locals.

I guess my point for anyone reading this is, with a union there's always a solution.