A Woman in Labor; Giving Birth to Feminism in Construction

It's been three years and three and a half months since I began this apprenticeship and I feel the need to adjust or add to my previous posts. Not because they are incorrect now, but because the realizations and relationships to previously mentioned people have evolved. Life does not truly stagnate. 

I cannot believe I have not yet mentioned the union as it is a topic of discussion weekly in and out of work. The pendulum of opinions swings drastically depending on who you speak to, but the truth is that all of the nuanced perspectives are correct. The union is both a gainful tool and a hindrance to its own goals. As I have discussed before, the members of our IBEW cannot seem to accept this dichotomy and either die for the union credo or call it a plague on the working man. Fortunately one bias is better than the other in terms of group survival; unfortunately more members follow the latter bias and condemn the entire organization that trained them. I do not understand this.