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Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:13 am to geauxtigers87
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unions are antiques of the past
no they still serve a purpose...namely organization and structuring the workforces of large-scale secondary industries
it's a lot easier for a big company to negotiate with one workforce than tens of thousands of individual employees. lowers transactional costs
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:13 am to SlowFlowPro
Yeaaaaa that's what I was trying to say 
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:14 am to SlowFlowPro
I've never seen one of those stickers and been in oil and gas 7 years
Must be a south la thing. But I get what you're saying
Must be a south la thing. But I get what you're saying
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:14 am to SlowFlowPro
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well that particular industry gets targeted for 2 reasons (both apply only in the "good times")
1. the self-proclaimed "oil field trash" loves acting like their life is a rap video and showing off all their bling/toys
2. the educated workforce that earns significantly less than the uneducated workforce, in the face of #1, isn't going to take kindly to that culture.
it's just a dual-sided group identification process
the thing is, that only applies during the good times. oil field work is a volatile market and the "good times" are only temporary. that's why they make so much. they should be saving the excess for the learn times (like now). they don't (which is the only way they can sustain #1 above), so not it's time for the roles to flip and that non "oil field trash" to talk about how great their life is and how much it sucks to be the other guy
Nail on the damn head. Don't go buy a big house, jacked up truck, and a couple thousand worth of tats on your first paycheck.
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:16 am to LateArrivalforLSU
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There a link where the USW updates the strike list?
That's would require any of those ignorant frickers to have the ability to operate a computer and know how to spell. frick em I hope all union management gets rounded up and tossed in the gulf.
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:16 am to Paige
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I've never seen one of those stickers and been in oil and gas 7 years
you work in operations much? been to many offshore platforms?
you're at a completely different level of the food chain. i don't see them in lake charles, either
that's more of a lafayette-area thing, b/c they're all based around drilling operations
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:17 am to jmarto1
So you want millions of people to suffer bc some kids are irresponsible with their money?
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:17 am to Paige
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So you want millions of people to suffer bc some kids are irresponsible with their money?
wut
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:17 am to Paige
I see em every now and then around BR and all the time in laffy
They're out there.
They're out there.
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:18 am to SlowFlowPro
Exactly. They are such a small piece of the pie
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:19 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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They're out there.
these are better
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:20 am to SlowFlowPro
The people that are rejoicing over the o&g situation and people losing their jobs
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:20 am to Paige
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Exactly. They are such a small piece of the pie
and they're the ones who get called trashy
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:20 am to Paige
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The people that are rejoicing over the o&g situation and people losing their jobs
they're rejoicing over decreased gas prices and karma catching up to those who brag...not every member of the O/G industry
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:22 am to SlowFlowPro
But it affects every member of the oil & gas industry
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:23 am to Paige
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"oil field trash" are only a small portion of the oil and gas industry. And so what. They work hard. I don't understand why the OT wishes misfortune on so many people
Agreed. Most of the folks I know in O&G certainly don't fit the "trash" category. I think lots of the hate here is based on pure envy. Some kid who spent a lot of time and money getting a degree finds out someone with no degree is out earning him and jealousy takes over. Same with the hate for plant workers.
I don't understand the mindset that "O&G doesn't affect me". If you're in Texas or Louisiana, chances are it effects you. Even if you're not directly in the field, the states well being is directly tied to it so it is a fatally myopic view to think you aren't or won't be feeling some discomfort as well.
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:26 am to Paige
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But it affects every member of the oil & gas industry
that's the nature of markets. there are good times and there are bad times. oil has been in a "good time" for a long while now
the past couple years have been insanely good for O/G
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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i don't see them in lake charles, either
I do. Not as often as when I am in Laffy but I see them in LC. I even see them in pink on the wive's BMW or Escalade.
Posted on 2/1/15 at 9:27 am to Paige
confirmed for related to oil field trash somehow
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