I'm a welder and if we are needed that badly. Our pay wage doesn't reflect that.
2026-08-08 15:04:00
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Jedi Minds :
These companies “need” this many SKILLED tradesmen.. but do NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THE SKILLED TRADES!
2026-08-08 14:23:58
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santo :
Yeah but all trade unions are socialist
2026-08-09 15:23:49
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Biff :
They want to flood the market with trades so that they can pay them less. But yes, a majority of young people are too weak to work in the trades.
2026-08-10 04:00:22
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James Brown :
China is preparing to eat America's lunch!
2026-08-09 22:06:39
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ajax :
retired craftsman here. this is an important message.
2026-08-10 15:34:17
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NewDesire.JP :
why is Mike Rowe friends with blackrock tho 🤨
2026-08-08 18:10:25
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Russel Sellick :
Not enough artisans, worldwide.
2026-08-10 18:49:13
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Mike Stocks :
Canadian here...we can help !!
2026-08-09 20:24:17
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user11985631024930 :
IN THE NEXT 8 YEARS AUSTRALIA WILL HAVE NO WELDERS
2026-08-09 09:14:09
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Adsman :
All the jobs he is talking about will be the first to be list to a.i.
2026-08-08 23:15:44
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Tommy :
Count me in.
2026-08-08 18:32:11
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crystalllove40 :
If the schools prepared students for these careers, the would skew the population towards conservative values. It's why the current model prefers you go to college and get indoctrinated while accumulating debt before you've earned a cent.
2026-08-08 14:49:55
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🙂 William McFly :
no one is interested in being underpaid labour... there is no shortage of workers willing to work.. its the amount they are willing to work for.😏
2026-08-09 11:46:34
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These_days :
Why aren’t we starting the teaching and learning process of these trades much earlier in schools? We are teaching foreign languages younger and younger, why not the trades we need?
2026-08-08 16:27:18
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winnemucca_steve :
I'm 45 years old! I can say with 100% certainty that there is not any lack of skilled workers! There is a lack of jobs that pay enough money to even apply! not to mention the requirement for a degree and 2 years experience for a minimum wage entry level position.😳
2026-08-09 14:29:58
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GetRipped :
Mike Rowe id speaking all FACTS! And our education system is failing our kids.
2026-08-08 14:37:45
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JonB97 :
Hey Mike send the welders to the Coast Guard. Maybe we can finally get into the 21 century with our cutters and ice breakers.
2026-08-08 18:34:37
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Timmy :
sad
2026-08-08 22:32:00
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user5974762539624 :
My mother was a welder and said not to do this job.
2026-08-08 15:55:08
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Nate :
Shipyards are some of the lowest paying welding I’ve ever done. Low rent here in the port of Houston. As much as I hate data centers. I’m about to cave and go weld pipe for a massive data center in a fab shop. Not even xray. Just VT
2026-08-09 00:13:11
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Jonathan Hall :
Trades have been declining for a long time. It’s a shame that it will only get attention because the tech billionaires want to build data centers…
2026-08-08 18:10:14
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Jeremy Hambelton :
Yea china doesn’t have to pay them 😂🤣
2026-08-08 23:21:46
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Randal Robinson :
I've always say gen x is the last of the skilled labor i was off by a couple generations but after that good luck
2026-08-08 18:34:31
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user84621340498391 :
the problem the welders that are going to trade schools are not being taught how to read blueprints they only teach how to stick metal together. not read prints. until they change this it will never get better.
2026-08-08 22:33:02
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