# Laborers Union question

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**Created:** [January 24, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laborers-union-question/201626 "2009-01-24T12:35:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laborers-union-question/201626/10 "2009-01-25T10:29:21Z")

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if you need something temp-- i’d say do it. but for the rest of your life-- i would advise against it. hard manual labor will take its toll eventually. take a laborer job, bust your ass to impress, and ride that into an apprenticeship into a trade.

> [@FS: 94 civic ex auto- $1000](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-94-civic-ex-auto-1000/39302/11):
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> i got into the carpenters union in june its been good so far it takes a while to got in tho. i didn’t the other trades made so much more than us when we work 10 times harder

not knocking your trade–but you answered your own question. you work hard-- other unions work “smarter”. to give an example-- a laborer works harder than a carpenter, but pay does not show it.

also need to take into account the risks associated with the job. if you make a “stupid” mistake–can it hurt or kill you and coworkers? now apply that thinking to the other trades. i.e.-- electrician can be fried by one bad connection or mislabeled wire…

in the end, trades that have the most knowledge get paid more.

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