Foiled...Temporarily?

So I am looking for work, so many are.

I am in a foreign country, which makes it a bit more complicated

I found some work, yay for me

I got a wonderful offer, yay for me

The union is blocking me from taking it

This bites.

I mean when I started in this industry I could not get paid because I was not in the union

I was limited to volunteer jobs and hack work to build my resume

I built it up, I survived for 10 years

I got into the union

In the last while things have changed dramatically and people can't afford the wages of the union

So now I can't get paid because I am in the union

I am forced/choose to step outside of my speciality and focus 

Just to survive

and now I see the union has jurisdiction there too

so now to make a living I have to go to a profession that I have no desire to be in at all

and forgo my dreams because the union which protects me won't let me work

I will petition and find a way

But I am getting tired of fighting to do what I want

I thought if you pursued your dreams and lived by your heart you got somewhere

Right now I am frustrated.