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Originally Posted by Idle
At issue in MI is the fact that the Governor ran on a promise to protect Unions. The current Lame Duck session has provided Republicans with a way to pass the law while not facing an upcoming election.
I have run projects with Union workers and without them, and the difference in cost is noticeable. But then, so is the difference in the quality of the work.
You get what you pay for.
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Only a fool believes a politician's promise. Such a promise is only effective as long as there is a need to keep it that way. IOW we are friends until I get a better offer.
I suppose it would depend on whether both the teams were sufficiently qualified or not. So if you hired a bunch of union electricians and turned around and hired a bunch of non-union people that posed as electricians only, you could be right. What I want to know is whether you see a difference between 2 licensed people, one union and 1 non-union. So lets say you talk of 2 RNs. One union and 1 non union but both with RN licenses. What is the difference?
My personal example was when the union shop charged me more than twice to do a job because they needed 2 people since the length of the pipe was over a certain number by a foot or two. $750 to the non union $350 bid. Both had the same footage and materials. The union shop told me outright that because it was over that number, it took 2 people so I should pay for twice the pipe foot rate. Didn't take me long to tell him "Thanks but I'll go with the first quote.".