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by 1oooqooq 819 days ago
i can summarize the article in numbers.

total steel in the ship: 4,600ton.

union buster guy charged $46,000 and would pay their guys $12/h. labor would amount to half contact costs.

union would pay $17/h plus $6.50 for union managed benefits (medical, retirement). unsure total cost to client.

on both workers, insurances must be paid. but that's only ever mentioned to raise the union labor cost (from $23 to $32)

on the end union delivered the job at a loss for $37,600. workers got the full 23.5/h.

union buster workers wasted a day off work and transportation for no pay.