06-26-2002, 03:47 PM
You can thank the unions. No seriously, thank them for keeping the unemployement rate down.
The union bosses calculate how much total work they have and spread it out and stretch it a much as possible to make sure all their members are as employed as possible. Right down to dictating how many feet of pipe gets laid each day or how many square feet of asphalt gets poured. And the contractors and managers can't do much about it, because if they complain too hard, the union will just walk off the job. And if you try to bring in non-union labor, your in for a world of shit.
The union bosses calculate how much total work they have and spread it out and stretch it a much as possible to make sure all their members are as employed as possible. Right down to dictating how many feet of pipe gets laid each day or how many square feet of asphalt gets poured. And the contractors and managers can't do much about it, because if they complain too hard, the union will just walk off the job. And if you try to bring in non-union labor, your in for a world of shit.
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