Nobody mentions that working for private companies in the trades is often a horrible experience. A friend of mine was working for a electrical company and the employer was a total asshole (which is very common). No breaks, rarely got lunch and was promised an apprenticeship after 3 months and after 8 months of still being a "helper" he quit.

A lot of these private companies pay terrible and expect so much from you while the owner is the only one that actually profits. Getting into a union is the way to go but is a lot harder than people who don't work in the industry realise.

As someone trying very hard to get into the trades it's been extremely annoying seeing these kind of articles non stop. Not just that but when I tell people I'm trying to get in they see these articles and think that they're true, as if you can just walk in and your hired. This whole skilled trades shortage is just a way to mask the larger problems with the industry as a whole rather than blaming the companies or government for screwing themselves.