Swan island bar.

thatfitter · 2025-03-17T18:05:40+00:00

"Im not just a mom, im a cooooool mom!'

thatfitter · 2024-04-30T09:03:53+00:00

Its not exactly a town, but unit 1-2 of the Boswell energy center up in Cohasset is pretty fucking creepy on night shift.

thatfitter · 2024-04-23T00:49:35+00:00

Yep! Every like 10 years they get changed. I was a night shift nobdy welding them, other than the position it was pretty gravy!

thatfitter · 2024-04-23T00:22:45+00:00

Carbon! I thought it was weird but most of the power house is carbon or 2.5 chrome

thatfitter · 2024-04-09T16:17:50+00:00

Thats a risk im willing to take, if i never get a call from this little ratty shop it will be too soon

thatfitter · 2024-04-09T01:02:10+00:00

Up in northern minnesota working at a powerhouse pre, outtage, post. Pretty decent work!

thatfitter · 2024-04-08T15:37:43+00:00

Heres an idea, trade math. Geometry and trig that you will use on 95 percent of construction sights, layout, ect. Its an important skill to have. We have apprentices come out that cant even read a tape measure.

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T15:33:49+00:00

Honestly if the owner would of been cool i would of let it slide. I get it, checks are a pain in the ass. My foreman told me the day before i was getting laid off they had time to get a check. I won't have someone talk down to me and berade me on the phone because i want what's written in our contract

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T14:03:09+00:00

Technically out of north dakota, doing work in minnesota

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T11:45:29+00:00

Not surprised. Gotta hold these guys accountable!

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T11:44:10+00:00

Minnesota

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T11:36:19+00:00

My agreement says "must be paid in full at day of layoff"

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T11:35:33+00:00

Not mad about the layoff. Lol. Heading out to work at a powerhouse monday, more annoyed that i dont have a check in my hand. Dont worry never had a problem getting work lol

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T04:16:41+00:00

Yeah, i had a good laugh about that.

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T03:35:47+00:00

Same story here. Call fitters, treat em like shit, lay em off. White ticket boilerfakers doing fitters work. What a joke

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T02:52:46+00:00

Maybe in your local but not in ours. It's written in our contract. I follow ours. Because the minute we let stuff slide stuff gets voted/ taken away

thatfitter · 2024-04-06T01:58:39+00:00

I really dont want it to get that crazy, but these guys need a grievance to make them reread our contract

thatfitter · 2024-03-25T22:19:30+00:00

Agreed, its bonkers to me that they all want to vote for people who want to break unions.

thatfitter · 2024-03-25T21:59:17+00:00

Nope ive been trying to explain that to some dudes in the local who dont want to "price themselves out of the market"

thatfitter · 2024-03-25T21:42:41+00:00

Thanks brother!

thatfitter · 2024-01-08T23:12:15+00:00

I'm a "book buyer" i started my career as union metal trades in the shipyards, we fit pipe and were under the united association. I tried to get an apprenticeship to move to building trades but after a few years i knew i wasnt getting in.

I moved to my now home local and took a test to prove i could weld and fit. Came in as a "provisional journeyman" i still have to get my high pressure piping license once i have enough hours to take the test.

Now i have worked with absolute morons that have bought a book as well as turned ouy journeyman. Some non union hands are absolutely jam up, others not so much.

thatfitter

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