Guys have been trying to organize Shops for years. It will never happen because the Industry is so fragmented. Thousands of Shops across the Country, means that if a large number do organize and stand up to the Ins Co's there will always be another shop in those areas that will do the work and work for the terms the Insurance Companies dictate. Even if it happened the Ins Co's would just open their own Shops.When will the body shop guys stand against the insurance companies to insist on higher hourly rates? $54/hr is half of what other service providers get.
I know it'll never happen but man alive it's horrible that shops get screwed over. You're working on vehicles that cost as much as a house sometimes and are getting pennies.Guys have been trying to organize Shops for years. It will never happen because the Industry is so fragmented. Thousands of Shops across the Country, means that if a large number do organize and stand up to the Ins Co's there will always be another shop in those areas that will do the work and work for the terms the Insurance Companies dictate. Even if it happened the Ins Co's would just open their own Shops.
I got into this right at the end of the Party. The 80's were the best time to make money in this Industry. In the early/mid 90's the Insurance Companies were just starting to put these policies in place. I made more money in 1995 ($1400/wk) than I did in in 2019. Wages have been the same or have decreased for everyone in the last 25 years. I knew of guys making $2000-2500 per week in the early 90's in busy areas. Los Angeles and the Bay Area there were guys making more than that. But the shift from everyone working on commission to hourly killed that.
i was my mothers caregiver and she lived with me the last 11 years of her life after she was diagnosed with dimentia.i took it as a duty to protect her and let her life be quiet and calm. i have never liked biden but i have no respect for his family that has allowed him to run for POTUS. that is NOT love.The whole Country is FUBAR. A few weeks ago 49 Senators voted to allow abortion right up until the moment of birth. Shameful. Those same Senators are all against the Death Penalty. It is truly a stain on this Country, on all of us. 63 million since 1974. Think about that. If you can escape the womb you have rights, but not if you don't. The only true innocents in this world. Sorry this touches a nerve with me.
Our President is a geriatric feeb who is clearly suffering from dementia. The Admin is happy that gas prices are this high. They are still canceling oil leases on Federal land, even though the Bakken find is the largest in the world. They want gas to be over $5 a gallon to facilitate the move to EV's. Even though our infrastructure in this Country is not capable of supplying the electricity (rolling blackouts anyone) nor are there enough charging stations. All the while both Parties continue to run up insurmountable debt that will eventually cripple us.
I could go on but I better stop. Sorry for the rant.
Have no plans as long as we can.
I don't get how they stay open. Yes I understand flat rate, but those hours are constantly trimmed as well. Little body shop down the street from me is $45/hr..... The local indy wrench benders are $150/hr.When will the body shop guys stand against the insurance companies to insist on higher hourly rates? $54/hr is half of what other service providers get.
I would take a wealthy, successful businessman over a lifetime politician any day! There's just too much opportunity and temptation to enrich your wealth as a powerful politician. Clinton was a pauper before 1993.i wonder how this country would be faring if 45 was still in office.
A civil servant that becomes a millionaire in his/her position shouldn't make any sense to anyone. Yet we let these people still breathe amongst us.I would take a wealthy, successful businessman over a lifetime politician any day! There's just too much opportunity and temptation to enrich your wealth as a powerful politician. Clinton was a pauper before 1993.