New to the Union
I feel like I’m going stir crazy and I’m not really sure what to do.
I recently joined last week and became a member then and there after I filled out the paperwork and then I just left I didn’t talk to anybody else. The person at the desk told me to contact the person that had originally called me to join so I told him that I would.
I tried to reach out didn’t get an answer from him ended up speaking with somebody else about four days later so I go in and he gives me the rundown of kind of what to expect and that’s it. I’m on my way.
I think I got the gist of it. I am looking at the app and waiting for a job, but I feel like I’m missing something I’m coming in as a journeyman which I know is not ideal believe me. I was wanting to join a lot sooner, but never did because I don’t know. I guess I was just always influenced by people I was working with to stay also my living situation wasn’t ideal.
I was not informed when I first became a member of anything literally anything
I was not told that I had to quit my job so now I have been out of work for a few days now with no pay I was not told how to really navigate this not everything was on the table before I made membership.
I have tried to call the hall two different people plus a dispatcher and I haven’t heard anything back. I don’t know if I’m just overthinking this or what but now I’m just starting to second-guess everything.
Is this normal to just not have work like this right off the bat like I just don’t know what to do