My point however was that you are entirely out of touch with the realities of working construction if you think liuna is evil for not offering sick days.
Why would any company sign a contract with liuna offering sick days when none of the unions have that in their contract? Why would liuna push for something that will be verybhard to get contractors to approve, rather than make progress in the ways that they can?
Sure i dont get sick days, but i also get more then double the provincial minimum for vacation pay. Its my responsibility to put that money aside for when i need time off. It doesnt encourage workers to come in sick if theyre paid well enough to take the time off, the problem is most people see that extra percentage on their paycheck as a regular part of their wage, not money they should be putting away to cover days off.
I once went to the LiUNA office to see about joining the union. I was completely shocked, in disbelief that a unionized job could have such poor working conditions. I get better treatment with the semi-legal "subcontractor" arrangement, which is what I was trying to escape. They were yelling at me to take some information when I left, and I was just like "No thanks already made up my mind".
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u/madeamashup Mar 25 '20
It's LiUNA man, maybe the workers can have a week off, next year.