Replacing the Subs

[Eaglelord17]

That would be the only way possible - but only IF they don't buy a unionized yard as I don't see them having a chance in hell in getting to their level of automation in a union shop. Again, happy to be wrong here.

You can do it, it is just a fight you have to have. Even if you buy a non-unionized yard it can very easily and quickly become unionized.

Unions aren’t all bad and in many cases they are necessary, especially in larger companies. Otherwise the little guy can get crushed by accident.

Many in the military don’t realize this but the reality is the military is basically unionized. You have a issue you file a grievance based on policy etc. That grievance moves up the CoC until it is resolved one way or another.

Pretty much how a union works, you have a collective agreement, when said agreement is violated you file a grievance and either gets resolved immediately or goes to arbitration to resolve.

Striking and all that is basically limited to bargaining time.

I think Noah is going to post more about it on their website today.
Irving/Seaspan/Davie or a smaller yard like Ontario Shipyards?
If the yards are having a hard time finding workers no one should oppose automation that still leads to more work

You would be surprised at what a union will fight. For example my shop we have a CNC burning table which is a blessing. It allows us to cut out over a foot thick stock into rough bearing housings, parts, etc. for us to machine to finish sizes or just get sent to the fabricators to assemble/weld if it’s low enough tolerance.

Our union has been fighting it for over a decade because it ‘costs burners jobs’. It totally does but they want to run like it’s 1960 because it employs a bit over 20 employees and gets a worse result.

So due to this fight they are restricted to running the table to day shift 5 days a week until it is resolved. Meanwhile the company would rather run it 24/7 and employ about 3 more people on it.

Many unions want to just lock everything in at whatever time period they started at and will fight tooth and nail to prevent positive change in the name of protecting jobs.