Decline to state - Anonymous employee Operating Engineers Local 3 Employee Review

You need to join a union and pay union dues as if you were working in the field instead of in the office, and you get no representation. People often work excessive overtime without extra pay or comp time. They have had hourly staff work weekends without pay, calling them volunteers. You will be asked to make political contributions to the officers and the international union. Everything revolves around politics, office politics, union politics and national politics. The pension and other benefits have been cut.