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You get 70k in vacation. That seems a bit high unless half the year on your vacation.
How bout you explain all the times when there is no work or jobs to be on, no construction projects going on. Etc ...
Not 70k, I said topping out as well. We get $17.50 every hour for vacation which you can cash every week. That's a salary in itself. And 10$ a hour in topping out. Which is a fund that you can basically take out in a emergency. There are many ways to take it out just to do it though.
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I'm a local 40 Ironworker and I cleared 160k gross last year. That's not including my vacation and topping out which puts me well over $230,000. Plus pension, annuity ect.... Very profitable job if you want to put in the overtime and physical work.
There's a phrase in the Navy "choose your rate, choose your fate" it seems you have chosen well for your wallet. But with union wages like this being paid and people wonder why manufacturing chooses to go elsewhere for workers...
There's a phrase in the Navy "choose your rate, choose your fate" it seems you have chosen well for your wallet. But with union wages like this being paid and people wonder why manufacturing chooses to go elsewhere for workers...
He's an iron worker. Not same Lazy butt sitting at a desk. Try it for a week, and see if he deserves what he gets paid. It's a risky, and physically demanding job, that WILL take it's toll on your body.
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He's an iron worker. Not same Lazy butt sitting at a desk. Try it for a week, and see if he deserves what he gets paid. It's a risky, and physically demanding job, that WILL take it's toll on your body.
I am not questioning the job but with union wages as he mentioned it is no surprise that manufacturing looks elsewhere.
There's a phrase in the Navy "choose your rate, choose your fate" it seems you have chosen well for your wallet. But with union wages like this being paid and people wonder why manufacturing chooses to go elsewhere for workers...
Kind of hard to chase away bridge and building framework workers.
The locals do pay very well for trades compared to the national average. Ironworkers paid at the 75th percentile in the US get around $30/hr or around $60K/yr. Workers in NYC are probably at the 99th percentile.
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Its ALWAYS the unions fault. Enjoy your 40hr work week and paid vaction days...Oh wait...Guess what? The union is the reason you get that.
My aren't we sensitive because someone points out how labor costs get doubled maybe tripled with union labor. Can you come up with something new besides that claim to fame for the 40 hour week..
My aren't we sensitive because someone points out how labor costs get doubled maybe tripled with union labor. Can you come up with something new besides that claim to fame for the 40 hour week..
Why bother? You obviously are anti union. Or just jealous. Whatever it is, better luck next time on your next career.
My aren't we sensitive because someone points out how labor costs get doubled maybe tripled with union labor. Can you come up with something new besides that claim to fame for the 40 hour week..
What do you think they should be paid though? 50k a year? Iron worker isn't exactly an easy or safe job. This isn't sitting in an air conditioned cubicle surfing the web or typing code 40 hours a week. Dangerous, skilled Jobs like that should be paid well IMO.
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