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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We own our own business, and hiring qualified men- women will not do this job, it's plumbing- is becoming harder and harder.

Young men just do not want to work over 8 hours a day, period. Not even for OT and bonuses. It's crazy.

They quit and find a less enriching job, for less hours.

I absolutely blame liberals, women who think they can physically match men and attack men at all times, for all their (mens) supposed failings.

Men are men and women women. Deal with it, crazy bitches.

Now men are being neutered, and our society is being turned into wimps and babies and tumblr complainers- any women want to be plumbers and work from 6 am to 11 pm with one 15 minute break to scarf a gross 7-11 hot dog and piss on the go? Then get an emergency call @ 230 am and roll out of bed and go? OF COURSE NOT!

Oh no. Equality works in air conditioned offices with HR reps hovering.

Equality doesnt exist when the shitter is full, and it's 102 heat index, and you have to crawl under a house.

Real world ding ding ding.[/quote]

Here's a little labor market research reality for you, before you continue on this ridiculous spiral of incorrect causal hypotheses.

"Shortage of Construction Workers

When plumbers and electricians realized that they may have no work for many years ahead of them, they moved to different professions or retired. Even worse, new people stopped joining the trades. Plumbing apprenticeships hold little appeal when there is no work, so the pipeline of new plumbers dried up resulting in a shortage of new plumbing apprentices. Obviously, over time, this causes a shortage of experienced plumbers.

Research studies of the United States construction labor market have confirmed that this has occurred. There is a growing plumber shortage and a shortage of construction workers in general. The headwind to the housing recovery, therefore, is that as the American housing market rejuvenates, there will not be enough skilled, experienced workers to satisfy the renewed demand for their services."
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The CEO of the National Homebuilders Association just a short while ago cited these same trends in his argument against raising overtime pay for workers in the homebuilding industry. Which is to say, the crappy homebuilding economy pushed workers out of the field, now the industry is up and running again without enough skilled workers to fill demand.  Given that it takes 18 months to get a typical worker educated and certified, re-fluffing the labor market is going to take awhile. The rejoinder to this argument says: When there is pent up demand for skilled labor, employers have to make employment worth their while.  In other words: higher wages, more overtime, and better bennies and "the workers will come"... though it will take some time.

So.  There you have it.  Your own industry leaders are saying what I've offered to you as the "real" underlying reason why "you" (meaning: employers) might be having trouble finding good plumbers.  I'm just sayin'.[/quote]

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