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 Welcome to the New Year! Some in the roofing industry had a 2011 to look back on and cheer and others are glad it has mercifully ended.  

 Union membership in the private sector stands today at a mere 6.9 percent, down drastically from its high of 35 percent during the mid-1950s.  

 Contractors have always been notorious for having financial problems.  

 The Better Business Bureau publishes its annual inquiry and complaint statistics (see www.bbb.org).  

 Chances are that if you know who George Harrison was and what his contribution to culture was you are aware of built-up roof systems.  

 It has never been a bad idea for professional roofing contractors to stay close to their local building officials.  

Providing hourly employees with unpaid meal breaks may seem like a straightforward thing to do, and it is done in thousands of workplaces on a daily basis.

How is it that some roofing contractors seem to always have the jump on things?