Quote: (12-01-2012 08:57 AM)playa_with_a_passport Wrote:
Quote: (11-27-2012 09:12 PM)Aliblahba Wrote:
I had a feeling about NYC with unions and all, but will keep my eye out all the same. Doubt a good ole Southern boy will be accepted up there to make big bucks.
Unions have the construction trades on lock down in the tri-state area. Also, in order to make the big bucks you need to be licensed(it takes 7 years) Without a license and connections you are basically in the same boat as a Mexican day laborer. I have family in Far Rockaway and utilities aren't restoring service without you putting a license # on paper. You are going to have to work under somebody else license and they are going to use you and abuse you. You wont make more than 15 an hour. NJ is even more pro union than NY. There was a report on the news after Sandy of NJ turning away electrical crews from down South because they weren't unionized. Good luck.
Thanks Playa. I just called a friend in a Jersey Union and he's sending me some information. He promised I'd be able to come up and make some bank. Hopefully something will pan out. I really hate that union mentality though. But that topic is for another thread.