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Lithos

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13. Being a union member does not make one a master electrician

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:35 PM

Feb 2013

That said, the same environment which eschews worker rights also tends to create an atmosphere (lack of Education, regulations, etc.) where such mistakes are more likely to happen.

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Superbowl XLVII Power Outage brought to you by [View all] Playinghardball Feb 2013 OP

Clever... but is it true? FBaggins Feb 2013 #1

Guess a peek at the NOLA IBEW website would be in order. freshwest Feb 2013 #2

How does that square with this: "Meet the unions putting on the Super Bowl" progressoid Feb 2013 #3

Need a jolt? PatrynXX Feb 2013 #4

I thought it was an excellent example of our failing infrastructure. obxhead Feb 2013 #5

Just the opposite, really localroger Feb 2013 #10

I understand obxhead Feb 2013 #11

I thought it was this guy: Initech Feb 2013 #6

Sometimes parts just malfunction. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #7

i doubt thats true willhe Feb 2013 #8

I have a problem with this. RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #9

And which electricians were those? Brickbat Feb 2013 #12

Being a union member does not make one a master electrician Lithos Feb 2013 #13