# job sites **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 16, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-sites/252737 "2010-06-16T19:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 72
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-sites/252737/72 "2010-06-18T13:53:03Z")
> [@So I live with my parents...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-live-with-my-parents/32791/19): > > No i didn’t mean you. I meant Shawn. Unions are great when the people that work in them respect what they have. Same in any job. You will always have lazy fucks and hard working people. The reason unions exist is so that employers cant screw people over just because they need to make money. I worked private construction for 5 years before joining the union and had to work in extremely unsafe conditions just because i needed money to pay my bills. Ever try laying shingles on a 2 story house after a snowstorm? Try going up there at 6 in the morning shoveling off plywood sheeting and trying to walk on the ice thats left…with a 50 foot drop below. Or setting an 80 foot long by 30 foot tall truss in the center of a house with a compressor air line on either side to hold it up untill it was secured, because there wasn’t a rope on site. I have many more story’s I could tell you about shit you would wonder why anyone would do. I didn’t join the union because i needed work, I joined because the jobs and conditions need to be up to par with OSHA standards, and your employer cant fuck you over for no reason. The quality of work is much better. Ive never had to look for a job. I have 3 people i could call tommorow and be at work. I am only in the union for the benifits and security. So screw the haters who don’t know what they’re talking about. Edit: Nevermind. Just saw your 2nd post, you see my point. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-sites/252737)._