two points here
Q. "How are a few bosses, supposed to watch several dozen apprentices? Oh yeah…they can’t. "
A. Thats why all unions have ratios in place 1 apprentice for every 3 journeymen
Q. “Why do you think apprentices get paid less?”
A. Because the company employing them pays for there school benifits and union dues untill they are educated enough to work on there own.
I worked in the union for 4 years and now am working non union and the difference can be seen imediatly, non union workers dont give a shit, they show up late, take long breaks, and leave early. Why you may ask because they know the owner is still billing them out at 400% what they are making and they know if they are fired they will go someplace else and do the same thing. Half the employees speak little or no english and all they know is there making 2x what they did in mexico or wherever the fuck they are from. Your argument is bullshit and obviously you dont have the experience you say you do. Oh and whoever said goto college FUCK YOU some people cant afford college that is no reason to rob them of an opportunity to make good money, yet more babble that keeps the rich rich and the poor poor.