Hi, Guest
It's not the wages from what I've done some (admittedly smalltime) research on - it's the health benefits, the pension, the perks.
I've gotta agree with Bluetoy here (and we normally don't see eye to eye)... unions are done. They're passe. They either extort massive amounts of cash out of a company or they do s*** all for their workers (No Frills amongst others) which leads me to question why they still exist in this day and age.
Labour laws protect your job a lot better now than they used to. And as I'm sure Bryan is quite skilled at being an automotive painter, I'm sure he could be quite successful running his own shop and doing "signature" cars or cars for friends and known contacts while leaving the prep, detailing and "other" cars to junior painters. I'd wager that's the automotive painter equivalent to being a consultant... which is where the serious money is.
Or, negotiate a salary and benefits and join a private, well-known automotive finishing business as a senior painter and work his own hours and terms.
If you're that good and you're that experienced, working the night shift isn't where you belong.
I've gotta agree with Bluetoy here (and we normally don't see eye to eye)... unions are done. They're passe. They either extort massive amounts of cash out of a company or they do s*** all for their workers (No Frills amongst others) which leads me to question why they still exist in this day and age.
Labour laws protect your job a lot better now than they used to. And as I'm sure Bryan is quite skilled at being an automotive painter, I'm sure he could be quite successful running his own shop and doing "signature" cars or cars for friends and known contacts while leaving the prep, detailing and "other" cars to junior painters. I'd wager that's the automotive painter equivalent to being a consultant... which is where the serious money is.
Or, negotiate a salary and benefits and join a private, well-known automotive finishing business as a senior painter and work his own hours and terms.
If you're that good and you're that experienced, working the night shift isn't where you belong.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.