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Old 11-06-2009, 01:44 AM   #1
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Old 11-06-2009, 01:45 AM   #2
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That sucks.. good luck finding another job
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Old 11-06-2009, 01:46 AM   #3
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Sorry to hear that.

What's your situation? Union or not? If union, how long is the list at your hall? If not, what are your prospects?
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union 2200 on books!
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union 2200 on books!
That's even worse than here. How long of a wait?

What are you going to do?
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gonna be making some phone calls tommorow!
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we really have limited work here in chicago, we were hoping for the olympic! i'll make it through all this crap!
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gonna be making some phone calls tommorow!
Are you allowed to solicit your own work? We aren't, we have to go by the list.
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Sorry to hear brother, good luck!
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A bit of good news in our area several bond issues passed which will mean work for the spring.Reform is still a possibility also.
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Are you allowed to solicit your own work? We aren't, we have to go by the list.
all we can do is sit on the bench and wait your turn.
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Sorry to hear that man. Good luck finding a job.
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Did anyone tell you why you were laid off?

So you're just going to sit around the house and wait for an entire year for a job to come available?
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Did anyone tell you why you were laid off?

So you're just going to sit around the house and wait for an entire year for a job to come available?
My shop was losing on all there bids, so no more work! shop is closed!
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My shop was losing on all there bids, so no more work! shop is closed!
Ouch!! That sucks. How big was the shop?
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went from 150 electricians 3 years ago to 10, now none!
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sorry about the bad luck man.
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went from 150 electricians 3 years ago to 10, now none!
Wow! That was a good size company.
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