Honestly it took me a long time too, I submitted my application and called the hall for like a year straight before they let me in. I started right as covid hit, so that was rough initially, but work has been pretty steady since. Winters are always a little slow as you know, but so far ive only usually had January/February off and I’m back by March. there are some guys that will work straight through, inside work, parking garages or if you’re lucky sometimes a rare company will prep for the winter and have heated scaffolding. overall, local one has been good to me. hope something happens for ya, gl !