I had to rewatch that part, I was like how is this even possible...smh

Paying union dues in a closed union only job is the definition of paying to get and keep a job

​@@jonathanjones3126You're paying for representation and it pays to be union.

@@frankd.506 it is still paying to have a job....

@@jonathanjones3126 No the company hires you not the union, it's more like having a lawyer hence the representation.

In some places unions are illegal of course. The people need to literally fight for it.

@@duancoviero9759 The good thing is that there have been actually some concrete wins in regards of how much the employer can do to cancel unions. But yeah the workers will have to fight and stand together 💪

Thats step one, but you need more then just Unions, you need political backing as well as laws being enforced to protect Unions.

democratize the enterprise, that's what unions were for originally in Europe in the 1850s

Just like 100 - 150 years ago...@@duancoviero9759

The system isn’t set up that way. Companies would complain that the government is being anti competitive. What the law makers can do is enforce better laws and policy. Whether that gets past the lobbyists is another story

The government is very efficient at being not efficient is the main issue.

Someone would call it socialism/communism and then it would be shutdown.

They also give these contracts to lobbyist or people donating money to their campaign

Lobbyists ensure absolutely no legislations like this passes. The actual way to do it would be for the president to order the military to complete the action by using the Army Corps of Engineers or a similar body, but at this point in history people would just screech about government take over and something-something-communism.

For sure. This is common across the capitalist spectrum. It is baked into the system and being a "green" industry is not going to change the incentive structure.

That is true and it took workers to develop technology in which these companies take the credit for. These jobs need unionization to counter, to some degree, the exploitive acts done to the workers.

If you can't be exploited you're not worth anything@@JohnT.4321

Well duh! How else are the capitalists supposed to make their profits??? 😉

Nope, been going since the 1800's sir.

Damnit. I was afraid of that🤦‍♂️

No. So we have to claw them back. some of us of a certain age warned that this would happen, but we got called Hippies or Communists and got ignored.

And yet everyone can buy a long range high calibre precission rifle with a decent scope.

"American Oligarch Class" is a very complicated name for the Capitalists, but hey, whatever works I guess 😉

YES! Utilities should be owned by the area they serve!

Funny how even in the Red Scare 50's and the National Security 60's and 70's we had PUBLIC UTILITIES....

I'm surprised unions like the IBEW aren't all over this (The might already be they already have workers on on wind farms). There's already unions well entrenched in this sector. Shouldn't matter what form of power generation it is. There's no need to form a separate union when large ones already exist. It's a win win for both the workers and the admin at these union bodies.

Years ago I read the book Agent's Of Influence all about lobbyists and what an eye opener.

The wording is pretty terrible in the video. You pay someone to find a job for you. The companies pay a fee to the temp agencies to find workers. It is nothing new. Similar to a real estate agent getting a cut of the sale.

@@lopoa126 Except with housing you can still find the house as it would be advertised and physically exists on a street whereas with jobs, many are gatekept by these predatory hiring agencies thereby preventing anyone not paying the agent from finding the job in the first place.

Me too! It was the first thing I thought of while watching this video.

Not by asking nicely. We'll have to demand it!

You are going to ask to speak to the manager.

Not when some b@st@rd can find a way to make a lot of money selling you a shoddy product instead!

Yeah the title seems a bit off. This is all just about regular labour issues that apply to many other sectors and jobs. I expected to see something strategic about solar energy in particular, but was disappointed in that regard.

Oh no, they are all about unionizing and chirping. But to actually point out a union currently in the industry that would benefit the people? Nah, you can't have that. They want to report on the issues but not point at an actual solution. Corporate garbage 101

Open borders they are making sure wages stay low.

We are the govt overseers & we’re not doing a very good job👉should’ve been down there protecting our own border when our govt wouldn’t

@kimlarso6363 My comment wasn't about the border, but about the solar energy companies not paying workers what they're worth.

@@kimlarso The problem isn't poor people working the issue is that the government doesn't recognize them as people so corporations can exploit them to no end. If these companies were required to pay illegal migrants the same as they have to pay American citizens then this wouldn't be a problem. Class traitors like you are why America has this type of problem to begin with

The majority of the gov is in on it. Scratch my back I'll scratch yours. Open your eyes.

thats how we do it here in germany, cities build solar farms on public property like access roads to highways and let farmers put their sheep there so they save on maintenance cost

And the sheep kick up dust and damage wires. The loss from that offsets the profit from the sheep.

Hearing about how hard it is to do union travel work in the states, idk I think I'd be destroyed trying to live in that country

There are obvious union busting trolls running wild out here too .

Unfortunately KZfaqrs have very little control over who advertises on their videos. And the scam bots are rampant. Zachary Smigel has some good videos on the subject.

Let those daily wire ads run so they have to pay....and if you get tired of them, report them as hate speech.

Republicans, Joe Manchin, Krysten Sinema, and all the privatization and deionization ever since Reagan.

We need actual governance not crony capitalism

@@averyeich9726 I'd rather have #TheVenusProject

😂 I was the ONLY operator of a 30MW power plant for my 12 hour swing shift. Do you know what a swing shift is? It's definitely NOT 9-5. And the plant runs continuously. Weekends, and holidays are workdays.

@@Navybyrde I do know what a swing shift is. What kind of a plant? Honestly OSHA regulations state that there has to be at least 2 people in a plant at any time, it’s to dangerous for a single person to be alone with high voltage equipment and what ever type of power source you use to generate power. I was onboard for one of Floridas first turbine plants in Ruskin back in the 90’s. We had an almost 100 man crew at all times. Unless you’re working with a backup power generation system for a hospital or something, there should always be 2 people there.

@@mylifeintexas 40 years ago. A gas turbine with a heat recovery boiler. Office people and maintenance during the 8-4 hours, and a single operator all night.

@@Navybyrde I didn’t know they were using gas turbines 40 years ago. The concept was certainly new in Florida back in the 90’s. I was USN in the 90’s when they were phasing out diesels for GE’s LM2500 turbines to propel ships. But even at that turbine plant in Ruskin Fl, we had people at all hours of the day working. We actually got 5 turbines up and running generating power then used the exhaust heat to create steam to produce even more power on top.

You touch on a global topic which is affecting a lot of industries and workers everywhere. The biggest problem we need to solve if we are going to save humanity from environmental disaster, without causing economic disaster and mass starvation. Almost everything needed for the low emissions "green" transition in the long run also cuts jobs. Example: obstructionists whine about the materials needed for "green" tech, but in reality that "green" tech takes a lot less of those materials than the fuel based tech it is replacing. As the transition happens it will mean a lot less extraction and a lot less processing compared to fuel/petroleum. Also: - a lot less cargo transportation not shipping fuel around the planet - general pressure to reduce consumption of everything. - the efficiency of grid electricity vs physically distributing fuels - automation - shared as a service items like cars instead of individual ownership - reduced role of military All of these "green" things we need to do will reduce the need for labor, all at the same time. Meaning a lot less middle class paying jobs. The solutions I see to prevent mass unemployment: 1. Lean into the service and entertainment economy 2. Generally increase the perceived value of labor. Return to the days where any full time job pays enough for a moderate household with benefits to cover periods of bad luck. Go back to single income household (sure some families can work a second income for bonus money but not needed to live). Make single income households, stay at home parents, retiring early a thing people can actually afford to do again. Wanna "make America great again" then remember when it was great enough that someone working full time in a retail store, factory or restaurant could support a family. Remember back when the executive only make 10x the starting wage not 500x. The reduction is going to happen if we do it on purpose or nature forces us there. Either way the only way we can avoid mass unemployment and starvation is by increasing the value of labor to adjust for all the lost jobs from our new found efficiency.

In very rural settings agreed. Otherwise transmission is v. cheap and farms allow more efficient use of specialized labour

1) Would love to elect responsible candidates, but they never seem to be offered as an option. 2) Can’t run if you’re not rich - candidates get selected based on who was the biggest budget for marketing and connections for media placements. Not saying the situation is hopeless, but this advice isn’t that helpful.

Literally already happened. Biden is the pro union president. Since when have you been living under a rock?

Germany also allowed america to blow up nordsteam sooooooo.....maybe don't hold them up as examples of intelligent people.

Too much money to be made on the whole scam

Have you seen farmer subsidies?

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Workers owning and democratically controlling their workplaces and industries is WAY better. But unions are a step forward.

I once worked in California, holy land of laws and lawyers as a wildfire manager. Lots of laws DO NOT automatically make things better. Not only was my pay barely better than what I got in NV and ID despite more responsibilities and higher cost of living in CA, I could barely do my job because of all the red tape. I even saw PG&E was cutting corners in the field in 2020 but to have my report taken seriously I had to get a lawyer. Unions are absolutely needed as well as laws that are made for the common people with TRANSPARENCY, not for the interests of big businesses.

Laws and lawsuits?? My brother in non-existent Christ! How do you go up against the richest people who own the people who write the laws? That's how they dominated us the last 40+ years! We workers can only fight back TOGETHER. When we unite, we can withhold our labor and then NOTHING gets done in the economy. Musk ain't gonna build his cars himself and Bezos definitely ain't gonna deliver his packages himself! They need us waaaaaaaaaay more than we need them! ✊️✊️✊️

@@inuendo6365 Laws by definition must be just. If you weren't able to support yourself, then you weren't living under the law.

@@truecatholic1 just to whom? The average citizen? Workers? Minorities? Companies? Lawmakers? "Just" is entirely subjective and is typically tied to the values of those in power (hence why Jim Crow Laws lasted for so long) My point with California wasn't only my pay was crap, it was that laws were making it harder to PROTECT PEOPLE FROM WILDFIRES. PG&E, the company I tried to report but couldn't because so many laws protected them, caused the Dixie fire (largest single CA wildfire) the following July! Yes, making laws to protect workers would do **some** good, but workers need power & STRONG representation first and foremost. Otherwise you end up with poorly done half measures like the solar workers in this video or outright dangers like the inability to systematically report on large company negligence like with PG&E

BUT they do not stop there.

You absolutely can and should. We have to fight for workers at every leg of the race. This includes sticking to panels made in countries with better labor protection laws. That doesn't stop at new talked about industries like solar either, than includes the old dino industry, the cheap junk on sale on Black Friday, etc

@@Waitwhat469 Panels aren't really made anywhere else, though, and those that are made elsewhere are very expensive. Solar isn't even a very good energy source, it's being pushed purely for the sake of making money for the already wealthy, If we really wanted to improve life for people, we'd nationalize the energy grid and go nuclear, like France did.

@@Waitwhat469 Google: China to dominate 95% of solar panel supply chain

You babble dumb consistently. 👍

I lived completely off grid for 8 years. No phone, No TV, No Internet, No electricity, even solar.No indoor plumbing, No indoor water, No gas or gas powered tools and natures leash is far more brutal. Be careful what you wish for or want is all I'll say to you.

"I'd rather live in the Stone age' Cool story, guy that posted that off of his cell phone. The channel acknowledges that the rest of people that exist, even those that exist on the left side of the spectrum, actually want to have certain standards of living, and that those people are honest enough to admit it as opposed to pretending some kind of fantasy of masculine independence that never existed and certainly doesn't exist now. GTFO

BS. How do you expect anyone to get a start in life?

You should pay me for the privilege of getting me to read your bullshit.

@@eric2500 if you broke you deserve to be broke.

​​@@eric2500It's either a 12-year-old edge Lord, or someone older that doesn't mind acting like they're 12. But they literally just made the comment to get attention. You can tap on their profile picture and see their posting history, that's all the kind of things they post. That's all they're about.