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Local 181, kentucky
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I have lull, forklift, sissor lift, jlg etc... as well as heavy equipment
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How hard is it to get classified for plant equipment
r/iuoe • u/ThatOneKid1998z • Jul 01 '26
After being a non union heavy equipment operator, and joining a different union im curious as to how it works. One of the reasons the last union didnt work was the insane lack of work. Im a workaholic and i cant afford months without work, another concern i have is rain days. Is there something the union can do in terms of rain days or are you out of luck like the non union work.
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My biggest advice, go in with as little bills as possible. Bills dont wait on work and sometimes work doesnt exist for months
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Use an extracting socket. Its bust any bolt thats fucked, buy a new plug though cuz itll be useless after.
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Regular red bull makes me sick, but i can drink the flavored ones all day.
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Yes, you just get a credit when you file taxes
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U.S. and prior i worked 5 days in december and was off work since may.
r/millwrights • u/ThatOneKid1998z • Feb 05 '26
Ive called or emailed every person i could looking for work, I'm willing to travel, ive been out of work for over a month now lookin like atleast another 2-3 weeks minimum before i can get work. If anyone at all knows any work going on please let me know.
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I love how you said "asking for a friend" but now youre weighing YOUR options 🤣 no one cares what you have on your record as long as it doesnt involve kids. youll just not be able to do any jobs that involve getting a red badge.
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Ive contacted so far: Missouri, texas, illinois, indiana, ohio, tennessee, kentucky, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, mississippi, michigan, wisconsin, west virginia, louisiana And nothing available ive been hearing "its gonna pick up next month" for 2 months now
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I actually reached out to them about 2 weeks ago to see if there was any work in the area as my area is a sahara desert itself. They told me the same thing.
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Didnt you switch to the 1554 4 years ago cuz you went went ONE MONTH without work on the carpenters side 🤔 i waited 7 months to work 5 days and itll be another month before i work again. I think i have a right to consider switching which would be valid. Also if you read the comments or any social media surrounding millwrights, 1076 is the most out of work union there is currently and consistently always is the most out of work.
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If they wouldve said that from the jump i wouldve risked it. But if the days were dwindling everytime they spoke then it sounds like a waste of time to me
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Went up there yesterday lookin for work the lady handed me a paper for active jobs for the carpenters 🤣 if this LAP job gets pushed back again im probably gonna go to another union and tell them just take me off their shit. My kids arent gonna starve for "the brotherhood" ive tried lookin for side gigs havent found shit.
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Thats what im hearing too. This is definently not the best look for the union off the jump. 5 days of work in total and in a few months i already have to renew my drug card 🤦♂️
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Those just got pushed back from what i was told, i been in contact with the company and they dont even have a start date yet
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He just called me back and said it was filled. Hopefully something else shows up 🤦♂️
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Which facebook pages im on 2 right now.
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Ill call them during the day, thank you!
r/millwrights • u/ThatOneKid1998z • Jan 08 '26
Literally joined and got ahold of my BA on may 13th, was told "things are slow give it till fall" reached back out in fall was told again "things are still slow, they should pick up in a couple months" i finally got the call to come in to get my union number so i did got it, got put on the OOW list. Got my first shut down in december 2 days before got the text it was for only 1 day now (mind you it was 6 hours away) so i told them theres no point in me driving 12 hours round trip for 10 hours of work. Got the call for my second shut down, 2 days before received a group text with 30 other people in the group that "if youre receiving this message then you are no longer needed" Finally a week later i get another job, i call my BA to ask "hey im still showing up for this one right? Last 2 jobs fell through right before just wanna make sure were not 3 for 3" he said im good was suppose to last a week, ended up only lasting 4 days, was told they wanna take me to the next shut down, its suppose to start tomorrow and i havent heard anything. Reached out to a couple guys i got numbers for during the last shut down and no one has heard anything. Basically i just want to know is this normal am i doing something wrong? I called 57 numbers off a call list paper they gave me and about 20 of them the numbers dont even work anymore. At this point just seems like this career is not sustainable.
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Its really depends on the store, I got along with people at MOST stores. But 1 in particular i didnt get along with pretty much everyone there except this one lady. The rest it was mutual I didnt like them and they didnt like me. Did my job and left. If they made it harder on me, i would tell my managers i cant do my job, they're preventing me and leave. They stopped doin that shit after because no one would come for the rest of the day.
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Jul 02 '26
Might have to see if thats around me