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Gregory Justin, Marble Finisher, 9 years
You get to work with some very exceptional people doing precision work. This is one place where you are judged by your ability and not by your color.
How did I get into the field? I was working two jobs during the week and another part-time over the weekend to support my wife and two children, until I worked myself into the emergency room and ended up in the respiratory section. I just couldn’t keep it up. So I wrote to the California Department of Labor and they sent me a big pamphlet listing different types of crafts and apprenticeship programs.
I love it. Remember when you were a kid and you played in the dirt, and your mother would say, “Come in the house.”? Now I can play in the dirt and get paid for it. The union is a big part of what makes it all possible. They’ve created the opportunity for an individual to change his life and to be able to make enough money to buy a house and pay for his kids’ education.
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