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What is a Merit Shop?
Barts Electric is a merit shop. What that means is that we do not operate as a union or have union employees in our business. We have chosen to be a merit shop electrical contractor because we seek out employees with the highest skills, who take the most initiative, and perform at the highest levels. In return, we reward them with employment opportunities, advancement opportunities, and amazing benefits.
Since our inception, we have chosen to work with our employees one-on-one. We do not allow union interference. We respect their rights and offer competitive benefits and compensation. We make our hiring decisions based on the ability of an employee, not on their union or nonunion status. By operating our business in this way, we can provide both our employees and our clients with a higher quality experience at every level. Along with this philosophy we have developed some guidelines, which we have listed here.
- We accept responsibility for making sure that our voice is heard. We believe merit shops are a movement that improves the lives of individuals, the industry and the country.
- We believe strongly in open competition and free enterprise.
- We believe that employees and employers should both have the right to determine the wages and working conditions of their employees, either individually or collectively, provided they do so within the laws.
- We support sound legislation on workers' safety, workers compensation, and unemployment.
- We believe that fair play between employees and employers is essential for the preservation of our free-market system.
- We believe the law should safeguard the rights of all employees, regardless of race or creed, age or national origin. We believe that everyone should have access to job opportunities.
- We are against violence.
- We believe all government entities should be responsible stewards of taxpayer funds and that government should only award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder. We don't support unjustified pressures to violate these principles.
- We believe monopolies, or any type price or wage fixing in either the private sector or the public sector, are detrimental to our system of free enterprise.
- We believe that the best way to help all Americans is through cooperation, reconciliation, as well following the principles of free enterprise and democratic government. Business leaders should be active in politics and civic affairs to best protect these tenets.
We offer a wider range of services and operate in a larger area than union electric contractors. This means that our craft workers have more work to choose from. We believe this consistency in work has an overall benefit for our workers that isn’t yet realized by unionized electrical contractors.
Our career electricians will typically share how rewarding their life has been as an electrician working in a merit shop. Some will even share about how they have developed a 7-figure retirement portfolio by working as an electrician for a merit shop like Barts Electric.
We’re thrilled to announce that several Barts Electric team members have recently completed the highly-respected ABC Project Management Institute program, under the guidance of Kirk Alter. This isn’t just a certificate—it’s a deeper understanding of project performance, contracts, scheduling, and leadership. Jobs at this level demand excellence, and our team delivered. We’re incredibly proud of these graduates for investing in their own growth and bringing that knowledge back to strengthen our entire team. It’s a perfect example of what "We Build Each Other" truly means—when one person grows, we all rise together. #BartsElectric #WeBuildEachOther #BuildingLeaders #ProjectManagement #ElectricalContractor #Electricians #Construction #SkilledTrades #MeritShopPride
On major projects like the new Walmart meat processing facility, success starts with the people you put on the job. Our teams are hand-picked — pairing experienced electricians with up-and-coming apprentices to pass on the right habits, precision, and pride in quality. That’s how Barts Electric builds people and projects that last. #BartsElectric #Quality #ElectricalContractor #Electricians #Construction #Walmart #SkilledTrades #MeritShopPride
Not every company throws you a line — or a tow rope — on a weekday. Our paid days off at the lake are part reward, part team building, and part comedy show once the wipeouts begin. Here’s to the perks of working for a company full of folks who know how to play together. #BartsElectric #ElectricianLife #WorkHardPlayHard #LakeDay #TeamBuilding
