What I learned from all this was, despite shitty contracts, it really comes down to how organized you are on the job. I didn’t even read a contract till 2022, honestly. You looked around, sized people up, and if those fools were down, and we were savvy about it, we could push things further. That is how you get conditions and maintain them. I first learned this principle on pipeline spreads. I didn’t like the United Association (UA) – still don’t. But one thing they were really solid on was respect. They would drop their tools and respect a righteous beef. When we had a problem, those guys would hear what it was and roll as a unit. Suddenly, you’re having a way bigger ripple effect and shutting down way more of the job. Now, it’s not only the laborers not doing shit, it’s the welders too – ain’t nothing happening. The willingness of those guys, even if they were pricks in a lot of personal ways, to back shit up if there was actual beef gave us way more strength on those jobs than what our contract said.