The three states of OK., La and Tex. that you have not been in have plenty of non union welders and other crafts.
Yeah? I’m in NJ, so I’m a little jaded about unions, I guess. Can’t stand unions. Hate em with a passion.
And these largely union free States provide an example of the extreme opposite example of a heavily unionized state.
Down here in the South, the Right to Work is a great concept - however the trades labor pool has been overwhelmed by a tsunami of Spanish speaking only criminals.
Our remaining manufacturing plants are packed to the rafters with illegal aliens.
Low wages, discrimination and dangerous working conditions become accepted.