While taking a break from our working weekend  to pick up a part for his motorcycle trailer, Guy and I met an interesting union contractor who shared a crazy story about his local chapter.  This story was so far out of the box that it took Guy and I a couple of minutes to verify we had heard it right.

Here’s the short version: this man’s union local was requiring members who owned a stake in their companies to pay union dues and benefits on at least 40 hours a week…whether they worked it or not!

The local’s goal was to drive the small union contractor out of business so that the larger union companies would have less competition. Crazy.

Doesn’t our industry have enough challenges these days with the economy and all? Don’t the unions have bigger fish to fry than hurting each others’ business? Crazy.

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, you come across a hard-working owner of a small company that shares a nearly impossible to believe story.

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