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   UnCarpenterUSA September 13, 2012

   As a carpenter struggling to make ends meet, contractors and employers make greater demands on talented men and women by requiring they have their own liability insurance and classify workers under 1099 status as subcontractors. Our base pay often still remains at $10-$18 per hour, but we work without benefits, under no worker compensation insurance and are unable to file unemployment in slow months because we are considered self-employed.

   I feel I am in a loosing battle in an unfair economy that taught me that working hard and taking responsibility for the work I do was as good as my word. One of the proudest careers in America, building the homes we all hoped to own one day, feels ripped away.

   There are many like I and I hope you meet with the carpenters and framers as you tour America.

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