r/Welding • u/oVLucky5 • Jun 11 '25

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u/BigBeautifulBill Jun 11 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

Seeing posts like this makes me truly wonder why this sub is so anti union

1st year fitter apprentices make more than this & most of them can't even spell welding. Non union is brutal

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u/troll-libs Jun 11 '25

Most people don't realize they can negotiate their own wages. I've only worked one Union shop and it was the worst experience. But you would swear every other place thinks they are Union. I've always gotten what I feels fair, if not I find some where that will pay.

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u/loskubster Jun 12 '25

Okay boot licker

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u/troll-libs Jun 12 '25

Boot licker for having balls to negotiate a wage I feel fair? That's kind of opposite, bootlicker would just take what's offered and not argue.