Your right out of er Kat with that train of thought,when the unions are gone so is are standard of living.If the non union takes over you can kiss the wages you get now gone,guarenteed..I work alot in ALBTA its to bad the unions gave up so much, theres alot more than just wages involved here.Theres things like work place safty,ongoing education,continued trades training,does the CLAC,Flint ,LEDCOR,care about that stuff i don't think so.Lets talk about wages union, nonunion theres still a set labour rate per man hour when the job is bid.Do you agree.So why do you want to bow down and let the coy pay as little as possible to you.The unions are organised to negotiate the rate under fair negotiating policies with govourment.Where as all the non union guys get is what the coy wants to give them take it or leave it.The none union coys put more mony in there bank off your work, right on. I work with alot of guys from BC its well known what happened out there once the govt allowed non union to bid on industrial contracts.The clac and its lower standard of tradesmen saved money initially,but there repair rate and injury rate cost the coys a lot more money in the end.The end cost of a job is all that matters on the bottom line.IMHO most people that don't like unions are guys who tried to get in and could not. So to end this reply for now don't take it personnly Kat,im sayin it the way i see it as do you.Its too bad that alot of skilled labour left your province because theres not many left to pass on the tricks of the trade to the young guys maybe thats part of the reason alot of big jobs left BC.