u/FanBladeFleshlight

LU280 here, and can't wrap my head around this bullshit, other than we're living up to our name of "Shady 280"

Art. III.20 is our tool list. Cool, normal stuff. Every contract for years prior has had more or less the same list (added a 10-in-1, still have a hacksaw frame for some reason) forever, and a list after it of shit you're not allowed to bring. Power tools, benders, pipe wrenches over 18" long, tap and die kits, etc., etc.

Our 2026 - 2028 contract however seems to have done away with this section entirely. Now, by the word of our contract, it's 100% legal for all these guys to bring their own drills and shit.

So what the fuck? I go to meetings, boring as they are, and it's only ever rote business, maybe wearing someone in if they feel like it, and old heads wasting time. How the fuck does something like this get passed through without opposition? Why the fuck are reps at the hall are more busy breaking down conditions for us than they are fighting for us?

I'm an electrician and tried posting this in the Electricians sub but the mods there are, well, mods.

Have a house with a basement. It's split in two and meets the legal definition of two unfinished "rooms", neither qualify as a bedroom in my state (OR) since there's no closet.

One half has the electrical panel, electric water heater, and gas furnace. The other half only has a wood fireplace that is decommissioned and can't / won't be used.

What is best practice and/or code for placement of Smoke, CO, or Combo alarms in these two sections? Especially concerning distance in relation to the gas furnace. Both would be hardwired with the units I have on the main floor, so if one down there goes off, I'd know.