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    Old School Pics

    Pacific Power has a training center that is filled with framed pictures of old school lineman photos, you know the photos I'm talking about, the old boys on ratty looking structures in nothing but...
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    Progress Union?

    I dont claim to know who all is Union and who isnt, but our latest manager came from Progress! And he loves telling me how a journeymans next step in his career is management, its the only way to...
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    Why?!

    I still wanna know why your wanting to know how to hire onto a non-union company!? Why would you want to know how to hire in to a lower paying, lower insurance paying, less all over compensating...
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    Keep it interesting!!

    I would definitely agree with The Old Lineman, find out what the hands want to learn about. I am the safety chairman in my yard, and I have found that short and simple is best sometimes, if you read...
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    Amen Scamp!

    Me and Scamp can agree on this, safety first! As far as the company caring, I think they care about thier bottom line and thier insurance costs, I'm not sure its us they care about! But that being...
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    Depends

    I would agree with most everyone, but I think it just depends where you are at, and your utility options. Most utilities pay damn good money to meter readers(for no college education), it might be...
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    Go BEAVS

    dont know what this has to do with line work, but go OSU!! If the Beavs win out, we can win the Pac-10, can you say Rose Bowl?!
  8. Thread: Rats

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    ?

    Eric, thank you for your service, to the country, and to the IBEW! And why has this threads number of posts and views been deleted?
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    "Dumb whitey ass"? Whats that all about?! And I...

    "Dumb whitey ass"? Whats that all about?! And I never claimed to be any sort of bad ass, but if I'm having words with a phone lineman, and I tell him I'll meet him at the bar, I will be beating his...
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    Keep yapping

    Ryan, Pacific Power, Klamath Falls Or, IBEW local 659. I ride no mans shirt tale, I do stand with who I think is right however! And if I tell a guy that I am having words with, that I would like to...
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    you gotta love scablineman

    Its funny, Brother Bellamy makes all his personal info available on this site, and yet some punk makes a tough guy threat against him, and wont even give his real name!! That speaks volume to the...
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    to swamp

    Not sure if I understand what your asking, but if PE's UNION is weak, its because their membership is weak! A union is only as strong as their membership!
    As for SCAB, again non-brother, comparing...
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    Wow

    Holy hell, this is the most ignorant statement I have seen yet! And if you want to make vague threats, come to the N.W. on the next windstorm, and I will bye you a beer, and I will show you how a...
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    God this is GREAT!!

    I love this $hit, all the rats are exposing themselves for what they are, without us even having to help! Scamp.....WOW, you have shown a whole lot, sticking up for phone lineman, comparing them to...
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    Originally Posted by scamplineman ...

    Originally Posted by scamplineman
    Intheshadows... well written post.
    I choose to work non-union... for one reason. It's my job... + I enjoy it... we are non-union... thats just the way it is....
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    We are sticking states!

    Brother Bellamy explained the PGE/Henkels & McCoy accident to a T, the accident in Utah with the jman and apprentice is nothing but rumors, but in the picture that made the newspaper, they were...
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    Rash of contacts!

    I work for a utility in the N.W., we are owned by Mid-American, who owns utilities all over the country. In the last month we have had 3 contacts in our company...two deaths and one loss of limb,...
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    Great post mom!

    Thanks for such a great post mom! Just so you know, all lineman take pride in what they do(rat or union), you have to have pride, sometimes bordering on arrogance, to do what we do! The difference...
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    Amen!

    I would like to second brother bellamy's point! Its easy to sit back and blame the local, and or the I.B.E.W., who is the local......WE ARE!!!! So when I hear guys piss on thier local, I just laugh...
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    couldnt tell you any hard numbers, all I can do is tell you what we are going through. Our company is scrambling, like most I assume, we hire about 6 line apprentices per year, thats not quite 1 per...
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    Good Stuff!!

    I am glad to see that this thread has prompted so much discussion, some great posts Bellamy and CPOPE! I would like to agree with most of the group that I would never dogg a man for doing what he has...
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    thank you brother!!

    I wish more people in this trade would stand up for what they believe in, we would all be better off for it!! Stay safe, vote UNION!!
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    Rats

    I am sorry, but damn, I cant believe how many RATS are on this site! I can understand a guy wanting to get his foot in the door, learning the basics with a rat outfit, but making a career with a rat...
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    Wow!!

    If it was up to you ignorant bastards, lineman would still be making shit wages, working hours without those shit wages, and getting killed left and right! Need I remind you, the I.B.E.W. was started...
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    same

    Ours is same as some of the guys have said, any hours worked between midnight and 8 am is considered rest time, you work midnight to 4 am, you can take 4 hours off in the begining or end of your...
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