I worked summers in heavy construction during college. One summer the Union rep wanted me to join the Hod Carriers and Laborers Local Union. Initiation and dues would cost me a lot just for summer work. I got harassed by visits almost weekly until the rep threatened to shut the site down. I sat in the union rep’s car and negotiated. I paid him $75 cash and he would looked the other way that summer. Pretty reasonable guy. /s. The next summer I worked underground stripping cement forms for a large storm drain just to so the Union rep couldn’t find me.
I worked summers in heavy construction during college. One summer the Union rep wanted me to join the Hod Carriers and Laborers Local Union. Initiation and dues would cost me a lot just for summer work. I got harassed by visits almost weekly until the rep threatened to shut the site down. I sat in the union rep’s car and negotiated. I paid him $75 cash and he would looked the other way that summer. Pretty reasonable guy. /s. The next summer I worked underground stripping cement forms for a large storm drain just to so the Union rep couldn’t find me.