Union Welder

[@grandfathergeek]

My ship was in a Boston dry dock back in the early 80s. A group of us where hanging out in a compartment when a union welder came in carrying his gear and a small piece of metal to be attached under a shelf. He sat down and joined in on the conversation with the group. After an hour had passed, I asked what his job was today and he said, “ .. this 8 inch piece of angle gets attached under that shelf to help brace it..” Since it has been an hour since he arrived, I was feeling guilty we had kept him from his work and asked if we could help, to which he replied, “…no problem guys. My helper gets here soon, that’s his job“ Another hour passed and a younger yard worker shows up, holds the 8 inch piece of metal in place and the Welder completes the work in 3 minutes.

[@miguelcastaneda7257]

Sounds like union workers that reapair elevator and lifts...they charge too and from jobs...two guys I know were getting divorced from wives to shut them up they bought them homes flat out paid off

[@Nutebomb]

😂

[@jacobedward2401]

I need a job like that... or your old job where you get to stand around talking for an hour also sounds nice

[@StoneCoolds]

​@@jacobedward2401😂😂😂

[@markh441]

@@jacobedward2401excellent comment! Lmao

[@captainrutabeggacrossout8482]

Sir Pipeus Arceus the Kight of the ford welding rig and his noble squire travel the lands of Underpayenshire and Overworkenland. The knight relaxes because he was once the squire.

[@Nutebomb]

Majestic comment! Haha

[@captainrutabeggacrossout8482]

@@Nutebomb indeed young Padawan

[@bayoutrapper]

LMFAO 😂 😂😂!

[@bobmoore875]

Comedy only works with an element of thuth. ???

[@phantomhck]

Shockingly accurate.

[@craigshalay8583]

Let me guess…. The welder lost his license and now the helper has to drive his rig lol

[@StevenSeagul783]

Quite too many DUIs for the king

[@walsakaluk1584]

The master doesn't need to risk a DUI when he has a squire. Full self driving vehicles have been around for a long time. The squire's share of the booty is about right.

[@ryanwigglesworth9952]

Lmfao

[@thomasrussell4674]

Now THIS is true to life

[@gonelucid]

No he's just an average union worker

[@shanobi1kanobi]

That helper is never gonna make it, dropping rods lol. Great video guys. As a union welder of 12 years I can confirm every bit of this too be true haha

[@Nutebomb]

😂 🍻

[@AnthonyDee-c7j]

My dad is gonna piss his pants laughing when he sees this.

[@basilioalvarez2013]

I've seen all kinds of videos but this one tops'em all. Good job putting it together.

[@chuckliquor3663]

Right in the snow too. Should have demanded a fresh untainted one.

[@shanobi1kanobi]

​@chuckliquor3663 absolutely! Every rod dropped should be a humiliating experience, you hold onto the things you love and hold dear is the moral of the story.

[@Novous]

My dad once told me a story of a union electrician that showed up to help a friend. He couldnt do any work "legally" so he proceeded to just point at stuff around him like "that would probably be better if it was unplugged" and "that would probably be better if it was 8 gauge wire" as the guys did his instructions like they were his hands. It was like a surgeon describing how to save a patient... over the phone. "You'd probably want to clamp that artery"

[@bryantbridgewaters7177]

Lmao!!

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

Nothing like signing yourself into servitude to the union.

[@M4421-O]

​@sinisterthoughts2896 Concerning to me that something fundamentally designed to maintain worker's rights is associated with these types of people. Maybe it's different for trade Unions or something.

[@jimmydesouza4375]

@@M4421-O Unions are not meant to protect workers rights. That is a false narrative that has become popularised. Unions exist to enrich the upper management of the union by coercing businesses through threats of baseless industrial actions. The only conceptual value offered by unions, collective bargaining, they fail to do on a large scale due to politicking and on a small scale due to a variety of reasons such as lack of local knowledge or unreliable local representatives. They also have a secondary role as a 5th column, “suggesting” votes amongst members for example.

[@M4421-O]

@@jimmydesouza4375 So... The alternative to unions is a total lack of any protections for the worker. I don't know how much you say about this is true - frankly I'm skeptical of a lot of it - but I can say for sure that corporate entities do not care about their workers. Even if some unions are ineffective or marred with internal strife, they still exist as a counterbalance against further corporate exploitation.

[@icarusamerica3436]

As a welder with a commercial shop and a couple of welding trucks, I can say there are more than a few dudes that act like this yet when put to task fold like lawn chairs. Lol

[@workstolive1256]

Damn skippy

[@workstolive1256]

Don't forget they can't get dirty either

[@davidtrace5709]

I work with one that doesn’t like to get dirty. He also used to work at the Harley Davidson York, PA plant. Now I know why that plant is no longer hahaha. What a joke.

[@butchvick660]

I've been a welder for over 45 years and never acted like that but now that I've seen this video I WILL😂😂😂😂

[@Паехавший]

Its never too late

[@rharris22222]

I wish my dad were alive to see this. He would frown and act like he didn't think it was funny, but he really would.

[@JosePerez-ws3xg]

Right on! Working Iron for over 20 years in Los Angeles California. Proud Union member of the Los Angeles Ironworkers 433. Welding also 20 years never acted like that , but now I will 😂😂😂great video

[@butchvick660]

@@JosePerez-ws3xg love man

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

Thats the spirit!

[@twobunz6594]

“Squire, pass me thy rod.”

[@johnanon658]

“Mine rod”

[@AldrickExGladius]

phrasing

[@StationroadRatrods]

@@AldrickExGladiusPHRASING MOTHER

[@rsrhsart]

This is hilarious! Anyone who has worked with union welders, pipe fitters and boilermakers will understand the humor. Bravo.

[@mikeolives18]

a fitter, a welder, and a plumber are walking to the site. a huge puddle is blocking the entrance. the plumber walks straight through the water, the fitter walks around it, but the welder just walks right over top of it. thats the ego of the welder

[@don8659]

You mean the fitter and plumber couldn't do what they welder did. That's what that sounds like! *A welders thoughts probably 😂

[@michaelshepherd733]

Fricking hilarious....Union Elevator Constructors act just like that....😂😂😂

[@trueobservers]

LMAO. The glove slap. He demands satisfaction.

[@letsreasonthisout2898]

The glove slap and using his squire for a step stool had me crying...then the 5h!t tip was the frosting.

[@mandolorian1176]

I did not expect the Neverwinter Nights OST to be the background music to a welding video. Lol. Props.

[@alexgoldstein7997]

He forgot to use the elixer of steadfast devotion!😂

[@9erik1]

i was laughing at just the thumbnail, i started howling when i heard the NWN theme

[@CrizzyEyes]

Same. Jeremy Soule is the GOAT

[@snarckys3063]

​@@CrizzyEyes erf

[@therealshug]

me neither, caught me off guard lol. So many hours listening to that track as I make character after character...

[@ratsoitaliano6576]

Literally just talking about this on Father's day to a union welder. I was a non union welder, the discussion didn't go well.

[@Nutebomb]

😂 it’s such a trigger, I mean I know lots of lazy entitled non union peeps, just a fun discussion to have lol

[@mikeevery2459]

Nailed it! I have worked around these pre-madonnas for years on the pipeline. This is why we all call them the Sparkling Darlings

[@Bobo-ox7fj]

prima donna :)

[@brianwinger2021]

The fun part about this is that Madonna, pre-madonna, was likely still a Prima donna

[@admirmujkanovic8159]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nitromartini1422]

To be fair, very few people can pass those pipe tests. Good pipe weldors are very rare. But it is only a matter of time when somebody dreams up a way of attaching pipe without welding and puts these guys out of business.

[@TehButterflyEffect]

​@@nitromartini1422 There's a lot of us welders that could pass the tests easily (and have), but would rather work a 9-5 and be home with family than work on the pipeline. 😊

[@moroteseoinage]

Forgot the part where he throws out today’s gloves and opens a pack of new ones for Monday.

[@PXRTYPXN444]

The way my teachers would agree with you 😂

[@aaronwilkinson8963]

As a welder I totally get it. The snobbery among welders is unreal

[@VengefulPolititron]

I don't even weld. this video is a sensational masterpiece. I laughed out loud a lot. thank you so much!

[@Nikoli420]

Now, imagine if you will a "Forklift Certified, Union Welder"

[@Google123ABC]

When he slapped tf outta him for dropping the rod 🤣

[@daveevans7438]

As a union electrician for over forty years, i can attest, this is par for the course when the fitters show up. 😂😂😂

[@mikev.1034]

😅😂 it was good right up to the very end until you got paid in Canadian money. That looked like about 50 in American dollars

[@jamesa7506]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@Komeuppance]

Monopoly money... lol

[@elkyubi4281]

@@Komeuppancehgahahaaha

[@urmomgay0166]

50 american? so that would be about 10 euro?

[@J_C_Welding]

Poor apprentice 😂 does all the work for minimum pay but the actual weld make 2 tacks for $1,000 😂

[@joshuamaier3482]

Thank you! I'm dying. Before I became a union bricklayer, I was a mason's tender. A lot of the brickies would expect laborers to treat them like that. I'm surprised they didn't want us to wipe their rears in the Porta john. Gotta love the skilled trades, sometimes

[@joshd8535]

OMG. That's the funniest and most original short film I've seen in a long time! Well done, everyone involved!

[@lachlanraidal5100]

Chad union welder and his virgin non-union apprentice 😂

[@billybike57]

Lmao! Being a retired fitter this was spot on.

[@FioreLiberi]

Welders are like the vegans of the industrial work force, always talking about welding, stickers all over their truck about welding, interjecting welding into conversation that has absolutely nothing to do with the subject . At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if “that vegan teacher “ is also a welder

[@someytchannel.9046]

jeez bro I take you're not a welder

[@klondike3112]

@@someytchannel.9046aight but he ain't wrong 😂

[@philosophicalwelder]

Sounds like pipe welder. . .or a millwright

[@colbywedgworth9676]

You're not wrong. 90% of the conversations I have with people outside my family involve welding, often because Someone asks if I can build them something or weld them something because they know my vocation.

[@wrecker1861]

@@someytchannel.9046way to self identify😂

[@sr707ca8]

Dont hate join a union and you can have an apprentice too when you become a journeymen. talk all you like about who makes what but none union has no pension. do your 25years get a pension so if you start at 19 you can retire before you turn 45 years old of course that's to young to retire but you can keep working and every 4 years on top of that is another $1k to your monthly pension

[@H33t3Speaks]

Whole lotta promises for a quarter century of labor and I can’t smoke pot. Sorry, you’re missing out on a lot of talent. Change or die. Yes?

[@sr707ca8]

@@H33t3Speaksain't nothing promised when you work it's a package you take home current negotiated pay and the rest goes in to your pension if a company goes under that company has no steak or own any part of the pension. example you will take home $45 an hour but $25-$35 an hour will go to your pension so your company charges who every they do work with and use you $80 an hour. And as far as smoking pot that your choice it's more of a blanket drug ban union workers mostly work in dangerous situations cutting welding and heavy equipment where insurance companies require drug test for coverage even kick in when you do yo much OT so it's more which do you wanna do make money or smoke weed in my opinion once your in full take few months off to smoke then get clean and go back to make n over $100k a year

[@stanbrown915]

Union machinist here...Local 218 down Texas way.....We union folks are a bit spoiled but this while funny is pure jealously 😂😂😂

[@someytchannel.9046]

I am a union pipeline welder and gush this looks pretty accurate, for some guys tho not all ,jeez that's bad

[@blakbanshee]

Welder for 15 years. Local 361. Welders are the biggest primadonas. Some won’t bother to set up their ladders or scaffolding. They need an apprentice to carry their bucket and God forbid the suitcase needs a new spool or moving to the next point. They’ll sit and wait until someone comes to carry it for them.

[@fishjohn014]

Unions are killing America

[@Dreyno]

Not saying Union workers aren’t sometimes lazy or entitled but by refusing to do certain jobs they maintain the high value of their own work and create jobs for others.

[@User_yhvz]

This video is making me question whether I want to join a union lmao A welding mask shows no emotion but I can feel the emotion in his mask

[@privateassman8839]

Join one. You are nothing to your boss but a tool. If you break, like a broken tool, you will be discarded. Unions help advocate for you, ensure your safety so you don't break, and ensure your employment and compensation so you don't get discarded.

[@nitromartini1422]

​@@privateassman8839: That is not the way it works. I worked under unions for 12 years, and they generally have the laziest and unqualified workers, the most corrupt union leadership, and the most left wing politics that can be imagined. I put in 10 years under the Teamsters Union, and got screwed out of ALL my benefits and retirement. The union took 15 percent of my gross pay, and cost me $70/month for dues. I got NOTHING back. The unions are notoriously corrupt, and highly sympathetic to the Democrat Party. Unions STINK.

[@TehButterflyEffect]

Don't join one. You will be subject to the whims of the union as to whether or not you will get work. Plus, the union will confiscate a portion of your paycheck and quite probably give that portion to political candidates that nobody in their right mind would ever vote for. There are a few unions in the welding industry that are good, but they are few and far between.

[@Dreyno]

Join it. Yesterday if possible. You get wrongfully dismissed? Can you afford a lawyer? You get injured at work? Can you look after yourself? You’re nothing to the company that employs you until you have the backing of your colleagues and your union.

[@ESP-Collectibles]

😂😂😂i liked how the assistant did the welding too

[@Nutebomb]

Literally did everything 😂

[@basic5926]

Dude I was just playing Neverwinter Nights earlier today and then I saw this, incredible music choice lol

[@VegasViking420]

Next up, HVAC Journeyman

[@wrecker1861]

That or linemen. Can’t remember the last time I saw one get dirty.

[@phantomhck]

Electrician too. I'm ready for a whole series.

[@Nathriel]

God yes.

[@timothyotoole8224]

looks about right, I started out as pipe welders helper 798, and I definitely learned alot. great bunch of guys, u better know how to keep up and learn quickly, or you're gone .

[@thatswhatusdovesdo]

I did pipeline work n was a welders helper ,this is how they act I swear I demoted myself to hustling skids wayyyy less stressful

[@andrewbull3537]

What a privilege to be able to watch this master of welding in action !!! .....I can now go to my grave with a happy smile 😊.

[@sagee425]

This is the best, glad I could be apart of it and have felt like this on a few jobs actually 😂😂

[@waynegatehouse3998]

46 years as a Millwright Welder, just retired last January, been hung upside down to weld boiler tubing never have I seen this before, a disgrace to the trade. The shiny shoe boys only showed up with the stainless steel shovel, never at 2 in the morning in rain with a cup of coffee, when the work is being done. Just saying. I was paid well, have worked all over the world with my trades, reasonable pension, had 35 call s last week to come back to work, I'm fishing.

[@chadbreton4951]

Union welders don't get that much work done in a day

[@Evilslayer73]

Indeed lolll

[@Xxmyarek17xX]

Lol give them some respect?

[@Sladeford]

Don't go back for reworks either!

[@rm3141593]

😅😅😅

[@shawnleach8726]

Lmfao

[@Dex01-Z_WingZero]

I'm totally getting Helldivers 2 vibes from this.

[@oDaRRaGhx]

I think its the cape

[@Nathriel]

​@@oDaRRaGhx The cape is the best part 😂

[@bigdummy9844]

"when we last met I was the learner, now I am the master" Welder (probably)

[@willbeasy2898]

All we know is… he’s called the stick.

[@ncstonecrew]

YES! I have seen welders like this on pipelines. This was great😁

[@jnhook8086]

Because of how accurate this is i give you a 10 out of 10 good sir

[@ProbablyStonedComments]

I don’t know about a union welder, but that’s the tig welder for sure.

[@bttr2brnout792]

Our boss use to try and threaten us with a poster in the office of a Welder in Africa. At the top of the poster it read "this man wants your job"....The guy was wearing flip flops, his welding helmet was some cheap sun glasses, no gloves, wife beater t-shirt. The poster was was taken down a few days after it was put up....Youre looking at the 2 extremes of the spectrum with an overly protected union welder on one side and how bad it can be with no protections on the other end.

[@Debauchee]

F'n Hilarious.!!!. Gotta Make One For Union Drywallers.. haha 🤣👍🏻

[@themilfologist]

When he helps him strike a arc I lost it. Great video. Ĺots of love from toon Town

[@nitromartini1422]

I have been welding and fabricating since 1975. I have worked under unions for 12 years, amd I have NOTHING good to say about them. This video was real funny, because it's very accurate satire.

[@Nutebomb]

Hahaha awesome!! 🍻

[@michaelwilliams2151]

Agree 100%

[@Dreyno]

What was your issue with them?

[@gonelucid]

Bro this is beyond accurate... union workers are like this 100%

[@memyselfandi1300]

I have electricians and machinists like this. I try to tell them if they act like this then they will be easy to replace with a single machine. His squire on the other hand...

[@clayfree7428]

AS A MEMBER OF THE PIPE FITTERS, PLUMBER, WELDERS UNION………..THIS COULD NOT BE MORE OF A PERFECT EXAMPLE!!!!!!

[@thomasarchambault9463]

Must be a promo for Chicago Pipefitters 596 & 1/2.

[@maxgirouxpro]

On behalf of the UA pipe fitters of Detroit, thou art the most spoiled of welders and thou mayeth well be thusly retired!

[@Vinlyguyx420x]

Every commercial plumbing apprentice when they get to help the welder for the 1st time lol

[@jamesleeson6680]

Dude should've burned 1 inch of that rod and then gotten a new one to complete this

[@rm3141593]

😅 lol. Good one!! 🤣

[@TehButterflyEffect]

I really thought he was going to throw away the rod and demand a new one because he couldn't strike the arc with that one. 😂 I swear my students do that. They waste a TON of rods because "they won't strike."

[@OutrageHarvester]

This needed some Darth Vader music and breathing.

[@Nutebomb]

@@OutrageHarvester damn!! Maybe on the next one haha

[@mikelouis9389]

Union Ironworker for quite a few years including about 7 burning rod, usually in steel mills during shutdowns and usually on 12 hour days. It wasn't fun, but boy howdy those checks!

[@asmongoldsmouth9839]

*A fellow Canuck 👍 And using Bioware's Neverwinter Nights theme. (A Canadian game company).* 😊 *I spent SO many hours playing that game.* *Great video, guys. Union vs non union is day and night.*

[@ToddHarrison-k2h]

OH YEAH, I WAS A #798 UNION WELDERS HELPER BACK IN THE EARLY 80s & THATS HOW EE TREATED THESE GUYS , JUST LIKE THEY WERE GODS...

[@skoolzone]

Kneeling down on all fours acting as a footman, that got me lol

[@GhostLink92]

The very early days of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

[@tonypitsacota2513]

My welder "gloved" me back in 1992. I still have a loose filling. I thank him everyday for his attention.

[@Prepper1985]

😂 need videos like this of all the different trades

[@Nutebomb]

Working on it lol

[@DrCDBDC]

I love these documentaries!

[@FerociousSniper]

Who would win in a fight? Union welder? Or fork lift certified man?

[@ClintChilds-m1r]

My Father was a 798 pipeline welder 40 years ago and this video is spot on.

[@samuelbaker6821]

I think the Idea at the end is that they are paid lots of money but then they used Canadian money and I lost it .😅

[@Thomas-ib6ms]

Most people can't even explain what a Unioon does. But they go ahead and pay those dues. Lol

[@1Subcooling]

Ah yes, "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones." When the sidekick arm guidance came in, that was it for me 😂.

[@BeauUren]

So accurate, this is why there called precious welders..

[@frankfrosolonejr7010]

I’ve never had a helper welding but when I do underwater welding I can make getting ready look even more elegant than this and know if the tender drops something the glove he will be slapped with will be wet and rubber lol

[@docriley79]

You ain't never lied!! But you forgot about the bed of rose pedals that led from the truck to the work area!!!!!

[@gambitsheild9814]

Man, I've definitely had bosses like this in construction.

[@hectatusbreakfastus6106]

That's pretty fuckin awesome. Fun fact though, I was doing inspections at a ESD job and we are all there in full ppe and the welders are there with cowboy boots, blue jeans, t shirts, ball caps grinding away with the safety squints on. The safety guys were told "if you give the welders any grief you are gone" meanwhile we would be written up if we were not in our FR or had out safety glasses off for a moment lol. Just goes to show that if you never fail RT you are the big dick on site. It was pretty mind blowing and awesome to see.

[@jameskrobar7814]

Looks like an accurate representation of the typical union welder. We run circles around them on the jobsite and they get pissed! 🤣

[@Gibbswelding]

It's Pirty bad if we need to joke about it. Appreciate this. We'll done too

[@sizzlechest6070]

This is true. I was in the elevator constructors union, local 1. NYC. This is how they treated welders.

[@JoeSimmerman]

Nicely done - the boots, the glove slap 🤣

[@letsreasonthisout2898]

LMAO! I've worked with and supervised a LOT of union pipefitters and boilermakers at a power plant, and they are all great guys, especially when they are sober...lol. This is hilarious satire, and while I'm sure there are a few union welders that may act this way for real, none of them have crossed my path.

[@nousdefions702]

😂😂 Pimp was on his game!

[@theofrost1140]

I immediately recognized the Neverwinter Nights music.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

Why is this reminding me of the time the coworker I replaced said he "Only wanted to draft" . Like bro it doesn't work like that lol.

[@jackfarrell4727]

Say what you want but I worked 35 years in the union and I worked very hard, outside in the heat and in the cold. I was paid very well and I have a pension. Thank you labor unions.

[@w2504x4]

yessir thankya sir, for all those jobs that unions sent overseas, yessir thank ya unions did so much for this nation. 3 people get paid extremely well while 300 lost their jobs due to unions. yessir thank you labor unions great job

[@jackfarrell4727]

@@w2504x4 you don't know what your talking about and that sounds like an echo from the walls of your mother's basement.

[@w2504x4]

no more like from my 30k sf facility.

[@Drkon6]

​@@w2504x4 Why is every anti union argument basically: I saw a union do a bad thing so that's why I want lower pay and bad benefits. Private companies are ALWAYS out to undercut you, they want to pay you the lowest wages and give you the fewest benefits possible, unions are the checks and balances to that. The problem is not all unions, but corrupt unions, but make no mistake, every single company is out to undercut you. I'll enjoy my high pay and great benefits at my union workplace though, you can work for pennies and be a slave.

[@johnsimms818]

Union welder over 50 years never saw that mess !

[@bertellijustin6376]

Well if you never saw one……you may need to look in a mirror for the first time in 50 years lol

[@chuckfinlay6093]

Absolutely hilarious and on point 😂😂

[@ew3612]

This reminds me of the yards in Nisku. It may not be but it looks just like them.

[@Nutebomb]

@@ew3612 you guessed it right 😂 👍🏼

[@corymoch7612]

I don't remember having a labor assistant . Funny skit

[@jameskerrigan2997]

True, spent several seasons working in pruedhoe bay. However after working in Idaho I miss professional workers. Had a shop boss down here that thought he was amazing, welded a 300 ft run of 3 ft diameter pipe for drain at new subdivision. End to end was over 3 feet off. He told engineers to just change the plans.😂

[@Serpico1152]

He reminds me of "Grinder" member of the hit squad "The Plague" dressed for battle in the movie "Hobo with a shotgun" 🤔.

[@damiondeville]

This is great! Im actually applying soon for a program that will help me to get into a trade school under a local scholarship and I want to pick welding as my trade!

[@jjmm-cx6ev]

Elegance, finesse and royalty. Words could not describe his beauty and grace.

[@kirkdavis3929]

My Buddy is a Union Welder who works in the Refineries all over America..I can see him in this video,lol...

[@halroy9610]

First time I've seen a welder wear lace-up boots.

[@Паехавший]

That mask badass af

[@ryanmarshall8160]

Shit this is the exact representation i have ever seen of a union welder. Well kind of lol. And honestly the ones that do act like that is because they got it like that lol those are the ones that do the hard jobs and then reap the benefits lol but funny as hell!!

[@GarryWills-cn8nn]

I've been repairing battle damaged military combat vehicles for 30 years and have never acted like this but I've seen plenty that have over the years and 90% of them when it's time to put rod to metal they fold up like a dull pocket knife!

[@michaelwatson7298]

Reminds me of some Florida Gas Welders before Enron crashed.

[@796andy2]

too funny , as a shipyard marine machinist I don't see anything wrong ... now union steamfitters that's another story !!!