By the end of this month, I'm out.
36 years as a Union Carpenter with a solid 32 years worth of "Good Years". I had to reach 30 to get the full pension locked in.
The Pension is good and when I move out of California, there are NO restrictions on what work I can do. The Union does limit what construction work I can do in this region.
Theoretically, I can take up full time Construction out of state and do quite well....
I'm anxious to take a break from it though. I'm still in good shape and can work.....I just want to work on the house and car stuff for awhile.