[Arrath]

As a former (well, still card holding) union laborer I have to express my displeasure at Costco circumventing the prevailing wage requirements by building modular sections offsite and trucking them in. Other than that, I like the mixed use approach to this building.

[someluccc]

If only housing could be more expensive

[Arrath]

I find it curious that people generally applaud Costco for paying good wages to their workers yet don't extend that consideration to those who build the stores.

Is it latent classism? Disdain for tradespeople? Is outsourcing bad when it comes for office jobs, but good when it shaves a few percent off of the final $/ft2?

[WrongAssumption]

I’m struggling to think of a form of classism that ranks retail workers over trades people. Can you elaborate?

[Arrath]

Just anecdotes or vibes, having been on both sides of that one. I'd call it more of an "indoor" vs "outdoor" work dichotomy, honestly.

[klooney]

Even if the modular housing factory is union?

In the Bay area there's an SF carpenter's union vs Vallejo carpenter's union thing, because there's a modular housing factory in Vallejo.