Pros
Ability to learn a trade and take pride in your work.
Cons
Business agents NOT CAPABLE for finding work. They are too busy serving themselves and trying to catch members working non union to feed their families and shake them down for money (penalties). All they want is your dues. Shop Stewards absolutely worthless and out for themselves. Union protects certain people and awful workers stay at the same shop for years and give good union workers a bad name. This union is for workers who can't find employment on their own and are willing to wait 2 years after a layoff to go back to work again. 5 1/2 Year Apprenticeship wasted on this union. Crickets can be heard at Union functions as there is so much bad blood and members don't respect the organization anymore. It is a relic of the past.
