Hi Tommy!
I couldn't agree with you more!!! :) :) :)
BTW, you can definitely pass on that letter you asked about to as many folks you feel who may just be interested in reading it's contents...
Now when I was a Boilermaker tube welder/mechanic, if the work in my area was slow, we hit the road jack!!! The National Transient Local or NTL would always have work available no matter how tough times were as far as work is concerned... So I urge all the union trades folk to get up off their collective butts, stop your sorry arse whining and get on the phone to the national headquarters, and get your butts on the road already for crying out loud!!! :) :) :)
There is work out there, and if all you want to do is to sit and wait until the work comes to you, then your unemployment will soon run out, you'll be forced to get public assistance, and do all of the things you never, ever thought you would stoop so low to survive!!!
Finally, if you want to do something special for your family, then get the "blank" out of the house already, and go out on the road to seek work already!!! They'll all breathe a collective sigh of relief of not having to hear you whine so much about the lack of work as if it must come out of it's proverbial hiding place and find you in order for you to work!!!
When union folks start bashing their own union for mostly not being able to stay close to home in order to work, it always amazes me how they can whine and moan about how corrupt these unions are and how we should get rid of them all together, or to arrest their own leaders and put them in jail forever because they don't have any work locally, then they're a bunch of whiners - PERIOD!!! Why??? Because they're letting the very same union BA's dictate when and where they should work by staying home instead of becoming more independent of their local halls, and venturing out to other locals that do need more help for jobs that are available regardless of the cut in pay & benefits!!!
Look, unions have always had some bad apples in them since they were first formed many moons ago and that's just a part of human nature, so get over it and go out and find the work that is available even if you have to swallow your pride and take a cut in pay so that you can still provide for your family!!! Oh and please don't tell me that you couldn't provide the same standard of living to you family because, you couldn't do that while on unemployment!!! So get off your butt and go find the work because it is out there if you look hard enough!!!
I'll say it one more time...
THERE'S WORK OUT THERE!!! NOW GO OUT AND FIND IT AND STOP WHINING FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!!!Respectfully,
Henry