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I’m currently working the night shift at Severstal Steel. The shutdown of ‘C’ Blast furnace has begun. We will be working seven days a week for months. Being a union electrician is a funny job. At the beginning of the year I was unemployed and broke. Now I’m a foreman on one of the biggest jobs in town making a ton of dough.

Like my father always used to say, “You have to make hay when the sun shines.” Working everyday gets pretty old, but I know the next layoff is always around the corner. Being in the IBEW is the best part time job you will ever have.

I did get a good draw out of the hall and have a pretty good crew. We have been hitting the long ball the last few nights, and tonite it is finally a little calmer.