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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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Default **Midwest Union Workers**
How may of you guy are currently in a Workers union in the Midwest(Illinois specifically) , and how are they treating you?
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i am an electrician.. local 134.. work is descent.. my company stays busy cuz we do cps/cha work.. $40 an hour on the check.. our package is worth $65 an hour
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 04:34 AM
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auto technican local 777 ,laid off
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134 Electrician, 2nd year apprentice. I have no complaints.
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local 701 chicago auto tech we stay busy cuz i work on vw and audi. always breaking
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missouri, 955 my president and vp made all kinds of money every contract and sold us down the river!!!!!
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In IBEW Local 21, Laid off
Trying to switch to IBEW 134
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local 134, aka the contractors union, electrician. Been laid off the past two years around the same time. Going to work in local 176 at a nuclear plant for 4-6 weeks. Looking to get out of the union and do something else. Right now over 1000 guys on the 134 book.

[QUOTE]i am an electrician.. local 134.. work is descent.. my company stays busy cuz we do cps/cha work.. $40 an hour on the check.. our package is worth $65 an hourQUOTE]
I used to work for a comany that did that kind of work. How do you work for? I worked for Candor.
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i work for broadway.. outta elk grove
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i work for broadway.. outta elk grove
ok, i have heard of them. You guys busy right now? btw what are you doing home??? LOL!

just messing with you.
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yeah we are busy right now..im at home cuz i start at 3.. im workin at a school
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local 150 just finished 2 months of 7 12's at the refinery not as much work as last year.
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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hey scramblerman i think i seen you today did you another vett in the garage. i live down the street.
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laborers local 81 here. Been employed at the whiting refinery for 3 years straight now with no layoff in sight
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im on the list for 134......i dont know if how many guys they are taking this year so im kinda worried about getting in....the company im currently working for is getting real slow haha they are a 134 contractor.
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hey scramblerman i think i seen you today did you another vett in the garage. i live down the street.
Yea that would be me. Two silver vettes in the garage.

Cool, you live off of willow?
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laborers local 81 here. Been employed at the whiting refinery for 3 years straight now with no layoff in sight
With the way they are expanding you should be set for a while.
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local 52 tuckpointer 1st year apprentice only been in 6 months but ive been in 3 other unions and the only one that was ok was ironworkers 63 ornamental
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south on willow till it t's i live on west end. my inlaws live east of you on hessburg he has a stage 3 roush mustang. and i have an 05 CTS V.
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