Hot take · 17:17
// THE QUOTE
“the reason that we never really got approached or never got unionized”
— Jeremy Mean · Century Exteriors Inc.
Counterintuitive and fully self-contained: the union told him they never approached because he already pays better than union scale — a candid labour take regional builders will respect.
Full episode at 17:17How a New Brunswick Cladding Company Beat the Labour Shortage with Single-Ply Roofing | Century Exteriors ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Join the union once you already exceed their standards — let them run the benefits and training infrastructure you were building anyway.
“we never approached you because you pay your guys good right so I paid better than the union”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Operations overview: three provinces, CNC fabrication, and the Newfoundland logistics model
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 17:17 of How a New Brunswick Cladding Company Beat the Labour Shortage with Single-Ply Roofing | Century Exteriors