Munin · Ledger, page one
Electricians Local XXX  ·  Simulated

The Blind Eye

Odin gave an eye for sight of the whole field. This page is what was sitting in the dark on the other side: the jobs this local lost by less than a waiver would have cost it, where no waiver was ever put on the table.

Hours of work the members did not get
616,566
on 97 jobs a waiver would have covered
Hours it would have taken to win them
174,465
of contributions, put at risk only on a win. No waiver was offered on any of them
Hours of work won per hour of contributions waived
3.5 hrs
$7,497,700 between our numbers and theirs, in the contractors' currency

97 of 114 judged non-signatory losses were free options. That reads 85%, and on 114 jobs the true figure sits between 77% and 90%. 2 more losses are recorded but not yet judged.

The count is printed first because the count is the honest figure. The share is the fragile one: a single reading of it at thirty jobs sits eight points wide, so it never appears on this page without the give-or-take beside it. A confident wrong percentage on page one kills a room exactly the way a confidently named contractor does.

28 further priced losses went to another signatory contractor and are deliberately not counted here. Hours are lost to this local only when a shop that pays nothing into the funds wins the job. When one signatory beats another the hours stay in the hall and the three funds are paid either way. The local does not bid; its signatory contractors do.

Man hours are the currency a union runs on. A job recovery waiver is written in hours, not dollars, and it applies to the job, not to a contractor. The business manager waives a number of hours of contributions to the three funds, and every signatory bidding that job gets the same hours. No money moves. The local forgoes contributions only if one of its signatories wins. Lose, and it cost nothing.

So every row below was a free option. The hours it would have taken to close the gap were sitting inside the job, and nobody reached for them.

Closest first

Showing 36 of 97. Sorted by the hours it would have taken.

JobProjectTerritorySignatory Cost gapHours to closeHours in the job Share of job
J-1022Colebrook Data Hall BuildoutPhiladelphiaVoss Brothers Electric$2,200501,0025.0%
J-1129Dunmore Medical Office BuildingMontgomeryBellweather Power$2,800648677.4%
J-1046Colebrook Warehouse Fit-OutPhiladelphiaSutton Line Electric$3,000718398.4%
J-1145Kingsbridge High School AdditionPhiladelphiaIronvale Electric$3,400801,9474.1%
J-1016Sandbrook Water Treatment UpgradePhiladelphiaIronvale Electric$3,600829678.5%
J-3001Sandbrook Data Hall BuildoutLehighKestrel Power$4,4001011,6126.2%
J-1137Marlow Laboratory RenovationBucksSutton Line Electric$5,30012185314.2%
J-1096Elmglen Warehouse Fit-OutDelawareNorthgate Electrical$5,3001252,7044.6%
J-1115Hartwell Water Treatment UpgradeBerksBrandt & Sons Electric$6,6001515,1452.9%
J-1060Marlow Medical Office BuildingPhiladelphiaBellweather Power$6,5001531,24412.3%
J-3002Hartwell Water Treatment UpgradeLehighKestrel Power$9,6002193,5646.2%
J-1121Fenwick Medical Office BuildingBerksQuarry Ridge Electric$9,4002212,5358.7%
J-1182Fenwick Water Treatment UpgradePhiladelphiaHalloran Systems$10,3002352,8758.2%
J-3003Dunmore Distribution CenterLehighKestrel Power$10,9002494,0296.2%
J-1143Kingsbridge Laboratory RenovationMontgomeryQuarry Ridge Electric$11,3002664,5135.9%
J-1066Dunmore High School AdditionBerksCopperline Contractors$12,8003022,29913.1%
J-1146Wexford Data Hall BuildoutMontgomeryQuarry Ridge Electric$13,4003162,04015.5%
J-1135Ashby Municipal GarageBerksBellweather Power$14,2003251,55920.8%
J-1075Sandbrook Community College LabBucksKestrel Power$14,0003301,48922.1%
J-1031Colebrook Data Hall BuildoutDelawareKestrel Power$14,6003343,8688.6%
J-1128Wexford Municipal GarageDelawareHalloran Systems$15,8003617,0135.1%
J-1149Sandbrook Warehouse Fit-OutChesterBrandt & Sons Electric$16,10037913,2512.9%
J-1065Pennfield Laboratory RenovationPhiladelphiaHalloran Systems$17,60040213,2363.0%
J-1169Wexford Warehouse Fit-OutMontgomeryBellweather Power$17,6004022,36417.0%
J-1073Sandbrook Cold Storage FacilityChesterNorthgate Electrical$17,1004032,13818.8%
J-1059Ashby Community College LabBucksBrandt & Sons Electric$17,8004071,92421.1%
J-1078Dunmore Senior HousingDelawareBellweather Power$17,9004228,7114.8%
J-1109Wexford Laboratory RenovationMontgomeryQuarry Ridge Electric$18,0004243,01514.1%
J-1071Dunmore Community College LabDelawareMarden Electric$18,70044011,2753.9%
J-1011Kingsbridge High School AdditionBucksBrandt & Sons Electric$20,80047511,4964.1%
J-1148Marlow Medical Office BuildingBucksIronvale Electric$21,3004875,3349.1%
J-1017Marlow High School AdditionBerksArdmore Circuit$21,8005142,68519.1%
J-1026Fenwick Data Hall BuildoutDelawarePenrose Electrical$22,5005141,51134.0%
J-1141Dunmore Laboratory RenovationChesterKestrel Power$22,2005234,45711.7%
J-1152Ashby High School AdditionBucksHalloran Systems$22,2005234,76611.0%
J-1163Elmglen Data Hall BuildoutDelawareArdmore Circuit$22,2005235,01610.4%