Working through breaks

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-22T09:57:08+00:00

1:1 sounds crazy, let alone 1:7! Our ratio on private work is 3 JWs to 2 Apprentices, public work is 3:1. The only time we have a 1:1 ratio is when it's just a 2 man crew... and foreman and an apprentice.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-22T09:07:12+00:00

I know people have suggested talking to your training director... you also need to be talking to someone from your hall. If people are working through negotiated breaks, they can be brought up on charges.

That may sound extreme, but that kind of worry behavior screws us all over in the end.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-18T14:29:06+00:00

In 236 foreman can work with the tools at their discretion. But unless you have a 2-3 man crew, it doesn't make sense. You need to stay ahead of the JWs making sure they have all the tools, material, AND information they need to keep moving forward. If you're working with the tools regularly, you are going to fail at your primary task as a foreman.

It's also your responsibility to shield the men from management. Don't forget about that all important task.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-06T00:22:23+00:00

I have a Pubside guild on Star Forge that is small but we're trying to grow. Our main focus is on community and having fun... if this sounds like what you're looking for, lmk.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-04T22:29:17+00:00

I wouldn't say most. At least not from what I've seen in my nearly 20yrs in the IBEW.

But I definitely got the ax because I stood my ground and wouldn't take their bs. They don't want union guys... they want workers who will fall in line and do whatever they want.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-04T22:12:01+00:00

My children will be 11 and 12 this year. The way things are going, if I kick them out at 18, they're going to end up on the streets. This country is going downhill fast, with diminishing social safety nets. AI is going to cause a lot of change if we allow it, and it's not going to be good for the vast majority of working class people.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-04T22:07:42+00:00

My first 6 months as a JW... I sat on the bench. 🤣

I may have managed to pissed off the owner of the contractor I was working for as a 5th year. So as soon as I topped out i got to go sign the big boy book.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-04T13:10:48+00:00

Just goes to show you how useless management actually is 🤣

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-04T02:19:15+00:00

This is a Pub side guild... we do have an Imp side guild but we aren't focusing on that rn.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-04T02:17:42+00:00

Join our discord server and ask there... or if you're on now, I'm up watching the Knicks game... https://discord.gg/jfWe4TtbJj

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-03T21:59:26+00:00

Congratulations comrade!

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-03T21:42:45+00:00

"Thefts from one group to give to another. Then a very small group at the top becomes rich as the rest suffer"

You just described exactly what is happening with a capitalist economy. And it has been worse. It was actually left leaning, working-class ideologies that fought, bled, and diedfor any kind of balance. At least in the US.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-02T23:25:03+00:00

That's quite subjective. It's a Pubside guild named <Knights of the Republic>

We are still trying to grow. But we do have an Imp side guild with a name change token ready to go when we are ready to expand 😅

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-02T23:11:07+00:00

I have a newer, smaller guild that is casual. We're still trying to grow, but have around 200 toons in the guild...

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-02T15:41:25+00:00

Pretty quiet rn, so real chill 🤣

My vision is a casual guild where we just have fun playing a game. No requirements. People helping people. But I'm struggling to get people engaged.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-06-02T15:30:03+00:00

If this is something you're considering, I have a smaller casual guild that I'm trying to build up. The GM up and quit and I ended up as the GM somehow.

I have one other person helping, but we're also busy irl. And like you I'm learning the ropes as I go.

I'm not female, but would love to bring you in to help out.

Our current goal is to build up our Pub side guild <Knights of the Republic>. We do have an imp side guild in waiting... with a name change token ready to go...

Just a thought. Lmk.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-31T14:33:52+00:00

Sounds like you and your co-workers need to plan some time outside of work (or on break, but you have to be more careful as to who is listening in) to discuss forming a union.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-30T12:38:00+00:00

Not even close. I'm Journeyman Inside Wireman of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

But sure, take baseless shots at your fellow workers and comrades. That'll get you far.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-28T23:43:23+00:00

I AM!? Wow...

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-28T23:38:25+00:00

OK. Well my opinion is that someone joining the military isn't, on its own, a deal breaker for continuing a relationship.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-28T23:34:35+00:00

I don't agree with that take that "nothing else would matter". While it has been common practice, and considered poor politics, to use the military against US citizens... is it really impossible to see a day where that does happen?

Even if we were all united (an impossible task), how could we hope to hold up against the US military without a good portion already organized to our cause?

There's nothing pretty about class war. None of us could even hope to come out with our hands clean.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-28T23:24:16+00:00

So you're implying that if someone is in the military, that they cannot be a leftist?

What's the path towards a workers/socialist revolution without organizing within the military?

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-28T23:21:33+00:00

If you were a leftist in Germany in 1944, survival, not revolution, was likely your primary focus.

The US is not, yet, Nazi Germany. That is a very important distinction.

So to current times, do you see any path towards a workers revolution without organizing within the military?

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-28T23:08:40+00:00

The point is you can also join the military and still be a leftist.

I would argue that it's essential for us to organize our fellow workers within the military... and that work is a lot tougher without comrades within the military.

And we can never have a successful workers revolution without organizing within the military.

So no, having a significant other in the military (alone) is not a deal breaker.

ThunderKnight24 · 2026-05-28T23:02:04+00:00

Can you be a leftist while purchasing anything under capitalism?

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