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 Well I started in union when

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 I was 18 years old

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 been here for 33

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 years and it's been

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 nothing but a brotherhood

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 and a great career And

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 how many people do you know that

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 actually enjoy going

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 out after work

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 and and spending

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 more time with the people that you work

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 with every day the relationships

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 that we build during

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 the day and the

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 people that you meet on different job

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 sites whether it's another

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 trade or if it's inside

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 the sheet metal workers we hang

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 out we do clam

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 bakes we do Christmas parties

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 we do breakfast with Santa

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 with the families We

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 have picnics we we

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 do labor day many

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 opportunities

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 to bond with your

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 co workers And I think

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 that's what separates us

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 from a normal workforce

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 is we are family

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 both at work and at home

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 17 years later here I am

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 I started from just an apprentice

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 to become a mechanic

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 and a foreman And

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 then now I'm a business agent

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 So it's kind of it's been

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 very promising to be

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 AAA sheet metal worker I tried

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 to promote the positive the brotherhood

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 the sisterhood that we

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 have here at local 46

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 I want us to be

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 like a family That's the way

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 it's always been portrayed You

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 look out for your brothers and sisters

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 you've got their back If

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 they're ever in need you help them out

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 It's just that type of mentality

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 here at 46 I've been a member

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 for 15 years I'm

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 proud to be a member of

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 an organization that has been around

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 for over 120 years

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 We have some of the best sheet metal workers

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 and contractors around

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 I went through our apprenticeship training

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 program became a commercial

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 service journeyman and I'm now

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 the marketing representative

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 for our union We have a lot of

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 great opportunities

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 to move forward in different

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 career paths within our trade

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 Being a member of local 46

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 has provided me the ability

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 to provide my family with a good

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 life with great pay

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 excellent benefits As

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 the new marketing representative

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 I'm very much looking forward

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 to growing and strengthening

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 our union I'm an owner

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 member So

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 I started out in the trade

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 as a technician and

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 now I'm co owner of the company

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 So I did receive my training

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 through the union many years ago

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 And now

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 the union helps support

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 me with providing

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 skilled labor and

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 training for my

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 apprentices who go

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 on to become a journeymen

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 and help perform

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 all the work that we do We hire

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 people to test adjust and balance

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 systems It's

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 not what most of the people

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 in the union do But

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 the unions is open to

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 training our people for

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 the specialty type of work

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 that we do So we

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 go in after the systems

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 are installed and make sure

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 that they're up to total

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 full efficiency

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 and that everything is working

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 properly and then we document

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 everything It's more of a quality control

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 process than an installation

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 process Like most

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 of the workers in the union

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 provide to their employers

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 hiring union craftsmen means

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 we are getting a well trained highly

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 skilled and diverse workforce

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 That workforce is hard working

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 dedicated and takes a real

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 pride of ownership in their work They're

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 always trying to do right by our customers

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 and do right by us as business

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 owners which in turn

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 equates to successful

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 projects year in and year out

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 by working with the tradesmen and leadership

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 of local 46 sheet metal workers

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 has been and will continue to be a pleasure

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 and a great working relationship I

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 know our projects are built to the highest

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 quality and efficiently as possible

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 all while conforming to the highest safety

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 standards when our union crews are on

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 site Local 46

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 received its charter with the Sheep Meadow

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 Workers International Association

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 120 years ago

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 So for 120 years

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 they've been representing the

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 worker they've been developing relationships

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 with their employers It's a very symbiotic

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 relationship this labor

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 management relationship that

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 takes place here They work together

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 all the time They pull the rope in the same

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 direction to try and make things happen

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 So I would recommend

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 anybody that they consider joining

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 a union if they're going to join the construction

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 industry the sheet metal workers

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 local union I've been a member of

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 for 50 years or so

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 and it's afforded me the opportunity

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 to have a decent life and raise

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 my kids with great benefits

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 and to retire with dignity

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 We've come a long way since I got

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 in the trade we've got a great pension

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 plan We have

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 a great annuity plan

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 which we didn't have a long time

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 ago So you're saving

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 money as you go and got

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 a great prescription plan with our

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 coverage and all

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 in all you know without

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 the plans we have here

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 I retired at age 58

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 I probably wouldn't have retired at age

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 58 without the pension

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 and the things we have

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 worked for The biggest thing

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 about being in the union and the retirement

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 is that we have

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 a history here and

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 I haven't seen anybody that hasn't

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 been happy with their retirement It's

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 all federally funded I believe

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 we pay into it And it's like

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 money in the bank 56

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 years I've been a member of this local I've

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 been retired 16 I'm

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 having fun I got a nice pension

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 My son's in the union My

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 daughter went to college on a scholarship

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 She's the president of the teachers union

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 out in Leroy If you haven't

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 got a union behind you you haven't

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 got anything I would recommend

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 the union because it's got a lot

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 to offer a lot of great things

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 you know You know the pay is great

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 the benefits are great

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 You learn how to

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 adapt in everyday

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 situations you know what I mean

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 Just working on the job

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 and you can use that in way

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 more other ways than just

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 working you know at home

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 You know with your family and what not

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 The advantages of the union And

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 my eyes are

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 the benefits you get paid

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 well not only do you get paid well but you

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 get full time health

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 care for my Children I have two Children

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 and a wife and they're taken care of through the health

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 care And when I retire at 58

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 years old I'll be able to be happy

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 with the paycheck I get every month

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 If I never joined the union I wouldn't be

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 making the money I'm making

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 now I wouldn't have the benefits I have

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 I wouldn't have an annuity wouldn't

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 have a pension You know I might have a 401k

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 that may or may not have made money But

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 um and my health insurance is is you

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 know taken is a conglomerate

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 as a group and it's invested

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 So we have really really good health insurance

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 here at treatment workers Local 46

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 we offer many different

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 avenues of career paths

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 for you In our training facility

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 We offer CAD

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 we offer a core curriculum that's

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 provided by the international that gives

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 you all the basics by

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 only by educating yourself

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 Are you going to be able to provide

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 long term career stability

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 I would recommend somebody because

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 lots of kids that are graduating

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 from high school don't really

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 know what they want to do They want to

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 go to college and figure it out

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 but college puts

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 them in debt And next thing you know that

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 here they are they have

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 30,000 $40,000

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 worth of debt and

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 they still end up coming

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 back to well maybe

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 now I'll try it They don't end up

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 working where their degree took them

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 Whereas if you become

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 a sheet metal apprentice you there's

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 only one spot to go You're

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 gonna work through your apprenticeship

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 you're gonna learn your skills and you're gonna

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 become what you set

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 out to be and it's not gonna cost you anything

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 The union is

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 you know a brotherhood and a sisterhood

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 We're all together We all

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 help each other out and

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 um there's always job

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 opportunities help

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 out everybody helps each other

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 out So it's like a family

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 It's a big family any time

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 And a lot of people a lot

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 more the older people

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 the people that have retired and everything

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 If I ever had a question that's how I got

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 into the union was through a retiree

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 And any question I have

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 it open Anything always answering

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 and nothing is dumb There's

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 not a dumb question especially when you're

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 an apprentice and you're learning everything

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 So everyone is very helpful

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 an understanding of the situation

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 So it's great that way Yeah

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 the five years they go through a pretty structured

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 program So the first year

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 you do drafting and layout first

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 two years kind of And that's a huge part

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 of it And then uh welding

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 and any other service

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 has their own program And

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 by the time you're done I feel pretty

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 fulfilled and pretty confident going

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 into the workplace