Hi bbforks,
you was reading in my mind.
The most important cause I left my job was about that you said, always there was an employer (politically reccommended) that "pass the buck" to me.
I tried in changing my job before, but, unluckily I'm very expert in lifttruck repairing so only lately I was been able doing that.
I ask to myself if a strong union could make the difference and force the equipment manufacturers by class-action against them. There is only a little problem, who could be the leader (of this supposed union) and where the base of this?
Generally lift-techs have no much money but, there are many,in my last micro-company we was 35 techs,and only in the city where I live there are 10 micro-companies.
A new discussion could be "How many techs are there in the world?".
Bye.