Good luck with the interview and hope you get the job.
I am union, and yes they have their faults, but the benefits outweigh the negatives. Maybe things are different in construction than manufacturing but there is pretty much no seniority in union construction around here. If you work you stay employed if you screw off you are unemployed. I worked my way through apprenticeship and ended up as a superintendent for an electrical contractor.
Before I started working in a union I had quite a few of the same stereotypes that lots of people have about them, lazy, can't be fired or disciplined, etc. Having worked union for the past 14 years I can say that most of the stereotypes are just that, stereotypes mostly founded in what someone heard from their friend, brother, etc. about unions. Sure there are lazy bums but they are everywhere not just in unions. In our local you know who you do not want to work for you so if they take a call to come out to your job for a job opening you don't have to give it them. If their unacceptable they are unacceptable as simple as that. You send them back to the union hall. Everyone knows who the problem children are and they are usually the guys on unemployment or travelling around the country to work cause they can't get a job at home.
I am union, and yes they have their faults, but the benefits outweigh the negatives. Maybe things are different in construction than manufacturing but there is pretty much no seniority in union construction around here. If you work you stay employed if you screw off you are unemployed. I worked my way through apprenticeship and ended up as a superintendent for an electrical contractor.
Before I started working in a union I had quite a few of the same stereotypes that lots of people have about them, lazy, can't be fired or disciplined, etc. Having worked union for the past 14 years I can say that most of the stereotypes are just that, stereotypes mostly founded in what someone heard from their friend, brother, etc. about unions. Sure there are lazy bums but they are everywhere not just in unions. In our local you know who you do not want to work for you so if they take a call to come out to your job for a job opening you don't have to give it them. If their unacceptable they are unacceptable as simple as that. You send them back to the union hall. Everyone knows who the problem children are and they are usually the guys on unemployment or travelling around the country to work cause they can't get a job at home.
Do you live in Washington or Oregon? If you live in WA do you know of any shops that specialize in mustangs maybe even have a dyno? 
I live near the Ft. Lewis area any help would be appreciated.
