I am a non-union scenic artist, and a set painter (I would be local 729)
I don't get it. Why should I be put down for not being a member of a union ?
I work just as many hours as you do, maybe even more....often of the same damn jobs too...and I work a lot fucking harder.
Are you in a "union" so that you can work less than hard...?? But...Work is work, and I'm sure many of you do just that.
When I mention that I've been a non-union worker for 24+ years, I get shit.
Bizarrely enough, when I ask to enter the union, I am also met with negativity.....and shit.
"who do I know?" I'm often asked.
Why the F-k does it matter who I know ?
or the response is, "No thanks, we're full".
I know several union painters...and I can paint circles around them...and triumph their job knowledge my miles.
I have several other union friends that "against the rules" by working non-union jobs because the unions have too many members....and cannot fulfill the needs of the members.
Yeh...great work environment to want to enter into. Not to mention that all labor in the Hollywood industry is slowly "migrating" to recent spanish immigrants.
See?, I can rant too.
So one complaint from the union side is "too many non-union workers" and also "not enough workers in the unions".
How can those ideas exist at the same time ?
I'm only to guess the answer is..."not enough union bosses."
??
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I don't get it.
Started by Stupid, Apr 10 2011 12:59 AM
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Posted April 10 2011 - 09:52 AM
Stupid, on April 10 2011 - 12:59 AM, said:
I am a non-union scenic artist, and a set painter (I would be local 729)
I don't get it. Why should I be put down for not being a member of a union ?
I work just as many hours as you do, maybe even more....often of the same damn jobs too...and I work a lot fucking harder.
Are you in a "union" so that you can work less than hard...?? But...Work is work, and I'm sure many of you do just that.
When I mention that I've been a non-union worker for 24+ years, I get shit.
Bizarrely enough, when I ask to enter the union, I am also met with negativity.....and shit.
"who do I know?" I'm often asked.
Why the F-k does it matter who I know ?
or the response is, "No thanks, we're full".
I know several union painters...and I can paint circles around them...and triumph their job knowledge my miles.
I have several other union friends that "against the rules" by working non-union jobs because the unions have too many members....and cannot fulfill the needs of the members.
Yeh...great work environment to want to enter into. Not to mention that all labor in the Hollywood industry is slowly "migrating" to recent spanish immigrants.
See?, I can rant too.
So one complaint from the union side is "too many non-union workers" and also "not enough workers in the unions".
How can those ideas exist at the same time ?
I'm only to guess the answer is..."not enough union bosses."
??
I don't get it. Why should I be put down for not being a member of a union ?
I work just as many hours as you do, maybe even more....often of the same damn jobs too...and I work a lot fucking harder.
Are you in a "union" so that you can work less than hard...?? But...Work is work, and I'm sure many of you do just that.
When I mention that I've been a non-union worker for 24+ years, I get shit.
Bizarrely enough, when I ask to enter the union, I am also met with negativity.....and shit.
"who do I know?" I'm often asked.
Why the F-k does it matter who I know ?
or the response is, "No thanks, we're full".
I know several union painters...and I can paint circles around them...and triumph their job knowledge my miles.
I have several other union friends that "against the rules" by working non-union jobs because the unions have too many members....and cannot fulfill the needs of the members.
Yeh...great work environment to want to enter into. Not to mention that all labor in the Hollywood industry is slowly "migrating" to recent spanish immigrants.
See?, I can rant too.
So one complaint from the union side is "too many non-union workers" and also "not enough workers in the unions".
How can those ideas exist at the same time ?
I'm only to guess the answer is..."not enough union bosses."
??
You picked the right screen name, scumbag ..
