Well, I haven't worked all week and it doesn't sit well with me. I'm more of a busy body person and enjoy working in the great outdoors and like the different scenery that I experience while going to the different jobsites. I talked to the boss tonight and he said the only job we have going is some work at Whitman airforce base which every one of our workers who has submitted to the mandatory background check for, except one, has been banned from. "including me" No specifics for each banning were told but the main secretary was sent a list of occurrences which would trigger a banning from working on the base and from what I can figure, I got banned for not having proof of insurance when someone backed into my car in OP KS, 10 years ago. Weird, huh? I am an honorably discharged veteran with 3 letters of commendation who never got into trouble in the service. I really have no clue. It was a small 1 week job that was more than an hour away but still. Work is work. We usually have several jobs going at once and are a fairly sizable company.
What I have going for me, there, is I show up everyday, I work hard and smart, and I can run work as a foreman.
That doesn't help much as I joined a company that already had 8 Ironworker foreman and only 2-5 journeyman at any givin time. This company observes and respects a persons seniority within the company, not in the union, and as I came to work here, after the 8 foreman, I usually get shafted. Even when the more senior slacker or two are still working. Now this company has taken care of me and I had a really good year, last year so, I hadn't planned on going anywhere else.
I just want work to pick up. Darned recession. I will be renewing my claim for unemployment, this week.
That's why I have been such a custom making machine, lately.
