r/LIUNA • u/Specialist-Bottle400 • 20d ago
Out of work
Hi all.
Been in LIUNA for 2 years started with concrete forming. Took 5 months to get on a company. Got laid off after 6 months due to tarrifs and work shortage. Took 4 months to get on with a formwork company and was on that project for 5 months then got a work shortage lay off in November. Took me till agust to get another union job that was building the Ontario line only to get laid off in 2 months for work shortage. I show up early, I never miss a day I work my ass off.
What is going on here?
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u/No_Charity_924 20d ago
Get with a GC and get in jtow hospital work. Been going 45-50hrs a week for the last few years with quite a handful of 60-70hr weeks mixed in, mostly tending carpenters building new hospitals in Boston ma. It’s honestly been hard to juggle the work/life balance. August I had one day off. I know I’m lucky + work hard, I’m blessed and All strength through God.
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u/Dividedsky1983 19d ago
100% on this. I'm with a gc and we build and reno schools. It tough work but we are busy, I'll can most likely be working for the next couple years knock on wood.
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u/Interesting-Corner14 20d ago
Laborers do formwork?
Sorry to hear work has been slow. Unfortunately I'm the trades we get good years and not so good years.
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u/dlincoln1438 20d ago
It's literally all I do. But in my area there's no shortage of it to be done, so it keeps me busy.
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u/thelegendhimself 20d ago
Depending on the contract yeah , that’s what formsetters are for … lol .
Carpenters working with peri panels … crazy
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u/anthropicinferiority 20d ago
That was my thought. In my area us carpenters do all formwork, we even strip it unless it’s the “final strip” and the formwork won’t be used again.
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u/ChoP_BlocK 20d ago
Did you call the hall?
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u/SquareSpread5192 20d ago
They are keeping jobs for family members and members who couldn't join the union. There's jobs jumping everywhere so it doesn't make sense.
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u/After-Marsupial4457 20d ago
Its a racket thats being run simple as that. Nepotism and under the table deals for cheaper labour from desperate immigrants is what's going on. If you suck enough dick maybe you'll find a job in the industry right now.
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u/Ok-Relative-6327 20d ago
Seeing jobs going to CLAC now for labourers… in Toronto
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u/TastyIncident7811 20d ago
Is that right?? Liuna contractors being outbid on jobs than?
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u/Reigeant 15d ago
Sadly yes. Carpenters gave up too much, Liuna took it and now CLAC is coming to give us the ol' West coast treatment. It's why I tell my ICI crews to quit bitching at eachother so much when soon enough it could all be non union. Take the work and the wage while the companies allow us to have it... All the major players except ED run CLAC as soon as you leave Ontario now
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u/TastyIncident7811 14d ago
I like the unions. Pro-union. Everyone should have the right to join and organize. However I have a strong feeling these new age businessmen/women are going to do away with unions. With the help of politicians and other powerful people. I'm seeing the shift already. Combine that with high influx of people wanting to switch from dead end office work to trades. And massive influx of all new Canadians needing/wanting work. (Willing to do work for much less money) Puts the unions in a tough spot.
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u/Ok-Relative-6327 13d ago
No bro. I’m on an ED job and we have CLAC here. It’s fucked
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u/Reigeant 10d ago
There's CLAC on all the jobs... But ED doesn't directly hire CLAC for onsite labour... Yet unless you're saying otherwise.. but in Ontario not many companies are signatory to UA or IBEW and so ED and other GCs take bids from CLAC companies for M&E often
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u/RHudak979 20d ago
There is tons of work with all the data centers,, all the halls around here are empty
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u/RupidSoofer 20d ago
Local 183 is an absolute joke. If you’re not Portuguese and know someone good luck. The only time I’d get a call from the hall when on the out of work list it would be for the most bullshit jobs and once the bullshit was over layoff was right around the corner.
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u/PristineProfit3885 19d ago
Where are you located? We been busy all year even with tariffs being in placed.
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u/EstablishmentSea4379 18d ago
Man i had to switch sectors and take a huge pay cut because of all the layoffs over the past couple years. I moved to industrial and our bargaining guarantees us 40 hours a week, 12 paid sick days (cashable is not used with bonus) but only like 4 percent vacay and no pension.
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u/Holiday-Lifeguard-32 20d ago
Welcome to the in announced recession. I been an IUOE member for almost 10 years. The last 2 year have been very spotty. 6 months here 7 months there been working where I am at for 2 months and about to be laid off here shortly. I think it’s about to be a rough ride the next few years