Union is not the issue. Many construction workers are not union and leave the machinery open for misuse after hours. Having worked heavy equipment myself, we always just shut them off and left. It’s somewhat like when we used to leave rifles hanging in the back window of a pickup truck. Society is becoming more violent.
Besides, to start any sort of vehicle, just reach under the dash, pull out a hand full of wires. Two of them will have bare ends, touch them together and the engine starts and transmission shifter and steering wheel both unlock. They do this on TV all the time.
>> They do this on TV all the time.
ROFL! I was just about to call “BS”... :-)
My father owned two construction companies, one union, one non union. Fact is, other than taking the keys at night, there’s not much that one could do to secure heavy equipment.