ITO,
Just something to think about, the market may be working for you now, but one day the same people who you might think unqualified now, could look pretty good if the labor market changes for you.
I don't think so. As the labor market gets tighter as is will do, then the wages go up to get the required people. If the wages are high enough you will get qualified people. Our JWs get %36.50 on the check and almost $15 an hour into the pension funds and another $9 for health insurance.
One issue we do have is that the school counselors do not like to refer qualified people to the trades even though our journeymen make more than many college graduates and did not spend $100k to get a degree, and you can't export construction jobs to India.
Our work is getting more technical by the day and cannot be done with unqualified people.
