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  • whoa union hands bear in mind we all do the same job we both have useless tit suckers where i live union is non existance well they are here but there is never work so in order to eat. anyway im headxed north and willing to join if the work is steady, and i have run union jobs as an aprentice here because of lack of exp-erienced folks and so forth at 22 years old thats just wrong

  • I'm a union ironworker apprentice and I haven't met a lazy man yet but I do know everything u rats do we have to come and do right keep up the good work rats. Local 22 Indianapolis

  • Unions are for lazy ass want to be iron hands

  • @moego420p i think the piece of shit fuckin rat that wrote the ( unions are lazy) couldnt hang his fuckin hat right...sorry ass rat fuck ......FROM RADLEY LOCAL 433 IRONWORKERS LAS VEGAS

  • @moego420p Why don't you come say that to me son? I guarantee you one thing boy come try working with me for an hour busting rod you will go home sucking on your thumb and wouldn't be back the next day for work!!! ;)

  • i just worked 6 years non union, begged me to join

  • Getting in the union might be a mission impossible It sucks that Not everyone is going to get in when 800 people try out and there only going to pick 60 people a year to let in.

  • @tonlo2006 Best of the best or you gotta know someone . Most of my apprenticeship class is family of members and helmets to hardhats . Not me . I don't know anyone in my local . Maybe I tested well .

  • @viciousbill So I've been told . Quick question Would it better to serve 2 yrs in college in a Applied science degree toward Welding , or 4 yrs in the Army , which one would give me a better chance of getting in ?

  • @tonlo2006 Well you run the risk of dying in the army . Getting an Applied science degree toward Welding will not get you in any faster and Training is free in the apprenticeship . Work is slow . So they are not taken many people . My district only took 65 in 2008, none in 2009 , 14 in 2010 , and I heard they were not taken a 2011 class . So keep trying or buy a your book .

  • Can someones List all the knots you need to know for the ironworkers trade. i want to master them all before i get in the apprenticeship.

  • @callujah Off the top of my head . Bowline , sheets bend , figure 8 , square knot , Clove Hitch with a half hitch This should get you through the first year . Until you start rigging . You must also know what they are used for .

  • I am very tired of seeing crab fishermen and lumberjacks on tv, this is the scariest job in the world and you need balls of steel. Why isn't there a show on these guys?!! - thumbs up if you agree and thumbs up if you don't agree.

  • @Eyebeemz Fuck Yes. Ironworker Local 14.

  • to be an ironworker

    1. have a suspended license- but still drive

    2. have an active arrest warrent

    3. must fail at least two chemicals on a drug test

    4. at least one restraining order in the past five years

    5, the most important.....balls of steel

    union ironworker,,ground zero

  • @gndzroirnwkr Ouch! I don't know if I have balls of steel, but the rest fit the bill. I have been an Ironworker for 6 years and God willing I will be an Ironworker for the rest of my life.

    And for the dude looking to get into the business...Find a construction site where Ironworkers are working and ask to talk to the foreman. He will be able to help you. You can work for a private company if the Union is not "hiring".

    And where a damn hard hat!

  • @gndzroirnwkr I see from this comment you are a true IRONWORKER. Keep the hook swinging.

  • @gndzroirnwkr Yeah?! So what's the problem?! I got all them and then some!! LOL

  • @ThePluke85 it's not as easy with no connections to the union hall, however it's still possible to get in. Iw721.org has info about our local. There's a test once a month to get in, half is aptitude based and the rest is math. Unfortunately I don't think were taking new members just yet but it never hurts to ask. If your able to get to etobicoke the hall is at 909 Kipling if you wanna check it out.

  • Local 22 here. (Indianapolis) Attn: all ironworkers. Ive been in the trade for a long time; and also a member of 9-11 truth. But before you jump to so im an idiot for my beliefs about 9-11 i hope you all do your own research. especially in the case of the molten steel present in wtc7 along with the twin towers. Heres a small video out there that just barely scratches the surface. NOTE: REMEMBER THAT 6 OUT OF THE 10 COMMISSIONERS OPENLY STATE THAT THE ORIGINAL STORY IS A COMPLETE FABRICATION.

  • Cool Video. Local 7 Boston checking in to say hello!

    Thanks

  • Non union iw the son of a union man? Im surprised he didnt disown you.

    Im a 3rd gen out of Local 721 Toronto

  • @ty0885 What do you recomend if some one wants to get into that type of work in Toronto, whre do i go, how do i start? Thanks..

  • what do you mean WAS? he still is 40 Man. and im doin non-union cause cause i dont got a book so im taking what i can get rite now. my fathers getting me in the apprenticeShip program in august. And my pops dont give a fuck if its union or Non-Union, hes just happy im making Loot and im learning

  • i love to watch videos like this.

    it really makes me proud of my father.

    it makes me so proud to know that that is what he loves.

    and honestly i think they should get paid a WHOLE LOT more! for real(just saying)

    (:

    LOCAL 263

    (Dallas, Fort Worth)

  • my father is a union man Local 40 NY  im non union

  • You guys rule. your what makes america great. i salute you.

  • 3rd gen IRONWORKER, 25 years strong, couldnt imagine doin anything else. Classroom taught, GOD help us all!! Please, stay off my job sites! local 397

  • I would rather have a "dumb" guy doing it for years than a "smart" guy just out of school.

  • I couldnt agree with you more!!

  • Way to fight for your right to stay retarded! Rat bitch!

  • New york

    that would be a sick place to work

  • just like anywhere else..only a little higher. =)

    local 580 ironworkers NYC.

  • learn to connect in a classroom???? come on...next thing your gonna tell me is there gonna be drug testing,,,,,,,,,,,

    recovery by hand...

    recovery with respect....

    ground zero ironworker...

  • I am so glad that you have this. My Husband Is an Ironworker, local 550. I am so proud of the risks he takes everyday for our family.

  • Hey I know that classroom . LOL

  • The first structures made of iron served transitory purposes: covered markets, railroad stations, exhibitions. Iron is thus immediately allied with functional moments in the life of the economy. What was once functional and transitory, however, begins today, at an altered tempo, to seem formal and stable.

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