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Wildwilly54 t1_j1wl8td wrote

Reply to comment by SnooBooks4898 in What the hell is happening here? by OliverHPerry

Doesn’t take a long time if you have the right “connections”, but it is difficult to get in. For a Union gig they get paid very well.

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Jake_FromStateFarm27 t1_j1ylef5 wrote

I mean it's a job that destroys your body and it's actually an extremely dangerous union job in our country. Damn right they better be paid well.

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MJM-from-NYC t1_j1ym9k9 wrote

Please post the statistics that show its “the most dangerous union job in the nation”. I’d be interested to see those numbers. In my work as a union rep, I believe my research shows that construction is the most dangerous major industry and private sanitation and timbering/logging are the two most dangerous minor industry professions.

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Jake_FromStateFarm27 t1_j1ynj7k wrote

Don't have a source off hand other than my father was a longshoremen for 40+ years and the union rep sorry 🤷🏻‍♂️ I'll edit the phrasing my bad. Irregardless it's an extremely dangerous place to work, my father has seen and had many workers get decapitated on site, run over, crushed, and more.

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SirLauncelot t1_j20q9vg wrote

I vaguely remember underwater welding being the most dangerous Union job. Is that what he was doing?

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