A union hand can work at a non-sig shop under the guise of 'salting'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(union_organizing)
yup. around here, that was supposed to bring contractors into the fold.
lawsuits, and claims for back pay, and lots of other stuff happens.
it's not very pretty, and some open shops were driven out of business,
having to reopen under other names.
what it did, was make anyone with a union background almost
unemployable outside the union environment. nobody wanted to take
the risk of hiring someone to find out they had been "salted".
i'm pretty sure i got a "salting" call yesterday.
got a phone call from a guy seeking work, total cold call.
i explained patiently that i am a one man band, and as
i have no employees, i am not bound to carry workers comp,
and am unable to employ *anyone*.
he was very insistent, offering to work for just a day so i could
see how good he was. nice, personable, and persistant.
anyone looking for help in the 951 area code? (riverside, calif.)
PM me for his phone number.
the three caveats that apply here are:
as is, where is, and let the buyer beware.