Reminds me of the time that my tiny company went to exhibit our wares at a trade show, and as we were preparing our booth, the union steward came around to stop us from doing one particular task that he said required union labor. That task: sticking legal-paper-sized signs with velcro on them to the carpeted sides of our booth. Sign erection was a specialty.
When we packed up a few days later, we were forbidden from using our own dolly (hand-truck) to take our own stuff to our van, which was about about 200 yards away from the exhibit space. The steward granted that we could carry them by hand, though, so we spent far more time, labor, and sweat doing it that way. We were furious but felt a bit vindicated that we didn’t pay the union to do these simple tasks.
