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If you’re deciding to go Union or Non-Union, Blue Collar Trade, here is some advice, Thoughts?

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Hendy The Sparky

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A master electrician dad discusses career path options (union vs. non-union) and the importance of obtaining an electrician's license with his son, emphasizing the choice between working for oneself or for an employer in the trades.

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Should I go union, non-union? Should I get my license, not get my license? Listen, that's [music] a quick answer, easy answer. Do you want to work for yourself? Or are you okay, you know, working for somebody else? [music] First off, should I join the union or can you even be admitted? Will you be accepted into the union? That's what it should be. [music] It's an honor to be accepted into the union. They only accept like 50 people a year for local. So, it's not should I, it's can I. And I would think that [music] it depends on who you are. Is your family a bluecollar family? Were your [music] parents, you know, truck drivers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters? Did they work with their hands and they enjoyed that type of career? Then I would say yes, you want to [music] go union. If you're like a want to be a baller, [music] does that make sense? Baller. If you want uh to be an independent person, you really don't want to answer to people, you want to be in your own business, and you really want to direct how fast you go up or go down, it's really going independent and getting your license. And he

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