Oh yeah...I’ve lived that first hand, too. Back in my estimator/PM days I had a high profile project at a major university. Liquidated damages were in the contract...project schedule was starting to tighten up.
There was a proposal in the Ohio Legislature to waive prevailing wage rates on public school projects. Two of my pipefitters on that project (one a foreman) elected to join their Local brethren in a protest on the state house lawn...during a work day...ALL day.
That really put me in a bind to meet completion. 16 man-hours gone, and I really never handled those phone calls well asking “where are your guys?” I wanted to ____ them the next day, but I had no authority to exact punishment. All I could do was push my gripe up to higher management. They were not paid for that missed day though.
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