I was hired by a union contractor to do some work out of state, out of town and out of the country, all these jobs were on the military base, a government contract. Am I supposed to get prevailing wage rate? I'm a comm and system installer, very experienced, based out of California. Do you know what I should be getting paid an hour?

Whatever your contract calls for that you signed that's what you get paid. There are no negotiations between you and the contractor. The company and union have already agreed to the wage scale.

There are rules on companies doing contract work, to pay the listed prevailing wage for that specific work and job descriptions.

I do understand, but am not aware of what different exemptions their may be for small or minority owned businesses, for those not doing long term contracts and the such.

But normally as a member of a union if you have a question about this, you would speak to your union rep, who would check on this,

Whatever your contract calls for that you signed thats what you get paid. There are no negotiations between you and the contractor. The company and union have already agreed to the wage scale.

The problem is, I'm not in the union yet.

Your probation is only for a set length of time, and your rate of pay for that period is already set. Actually when the time limit is over, they will take union dues out of your check, but hopefully your pay rate goes up, as you are no longer considered as a probationer. See your union rep as he has the answers you seek.

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Question number 1 Is there any reason why a new collar worker would want the same benefits and clout that blue collar workers were able to get by unionizing?