Comments on: Over 5,000 Massive Steel Pipes Being Unloaded In Walnut Hill, Trucked North

By: david

david — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:25:33 +0000

This is for the people lookink for work these are the places to help you get on this job 1 International union operating engineers 2 Laborers international union 3 International brotherhood of teamsters 4 If you are a welder you need to contact Local 798 welders union Whatever trade you are in ther will be a local union hall in your state somewhere .

By: david

david — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:12:02 +0000

i guess i dont understand why some people are mad about this although i do understand that local people want good paying jobs but in this line of work you just cant hire one white guy that speaks spanish and 100 mexicans to do the work and what i mean by that is Flordia is a right to work state thats why labor jobs pay is dirt cheap there but you the people of flordia could change that if you really wanted to one by joining the unions and strengthen the work force or you could get your local politicians and construction company to stop hiring illegal people to work for the companies that would rather hire cheap labor over good labor these men and women travel all over the united states to do this dangerous work it may be in the mountains in the west or the swamps and hills to the east but you should not knock them because they chose to be union and travel into your state . and yes local people do get hired but these people are part of a union trade . The welder that asked how to get on this line you need to contact local 798 welders union and they will direct you what you need to do.

By: dirtgirl208

dirtgirl208 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:34 +0000

whoa……this is America, and we’ve all rambled around to make money….so if you work out of town for 6 months it’s no different than relocating…when we do work out out town we pay taxes so your towns can have programs to train or to feed the poor (food stamps). You HAVE to have skilled people on these projects that KNOW the work. LIVE UNION WORK UNION…….

By: bill

bill — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:25:03 +0000

SW.

Union workers wives, just kidding, take a deep breath.

Would love to answer that, but Williams going to tell me to stick with the topic and I would be getting further a way. It’s his web site not mine, I respect that.

By: SW

SW — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:03:10 +0000

Bill,

Define greed. What is the cut-off point?

Okay they’re union; so what. These pipeline employees travel with the jobs; not unlike any other construction employee. If you want to work for them get qualified and go where the work is.

By: another union wife

another union wife — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:58:50 +0000

The 366 mile pipeline is contracted to Sheehan Pipe Line Constuction, Price Gregory and U S Pipeline and they are all union contractors.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:49:45 +0000

SW, …..I don’t have a problem with profit, just greed.No matter who is making it.

By: SW

SW — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:05:37 +0000

All, I don’t recall seeing in this report about these jobs being union. More than likely, this job was bid on some time back by a pipeline company who is approved to work for FL Gas.

Your Neighbor, be careful when you say gas wells; gas wells are drilled the same way as oil wells. The drilling process as a whole is much more environmentally clean compared to years past, however. I have been arguing (the same as you) that point for years-drilling will not hurt the beaches; too many environmentally conscious things are in place to prevent that.

Bill, don’t look at Exxon’s profit, look at their profit margin. It is only 9-10%%. (cnnmoney.com). On the same note, GE was 9.5%, Comcast was 7.4, IBM was 11.9, and AT&T was 10.3; after all the bills were paid only 10% of their total earnings was profit. Do you feel the same way about IBM and AT&T who made more and GE who made about as much? I don’t think any of these companies took any government money last year, either.

Is it not okay for a company to make money?

By: bill

bill — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:00:52 +0000

Union wife, you don’t have to yell. Have a great day.

City Slicker, you tell’em brother.

Lets all hope that once it’s built that maybe some local jobs will come out of it. Maybe!

By: city slicker

city slicker — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:44:07 +0000

Dont blame the unions for your politicians ineptness. Our local politicians and the chamber of commerce have never tried to bring meaningful employment to your area. Of course they will pat themselves on the back when another call center opens up with 30 or 40 minimum wage jobs….meanwhile Alabama breaks ground on another car plant or steel mill. In this area you have only a couple of choices for employment that you can get ahead on , medical field or local federal state government. Until we get politicians that actually see the plight of our citizens it will remain this way.