Was never taught about union work or the benefits of it until i was too far into my apprenticeship. January marks my years to become a journeyman lineman and I will be testing out immediately!! My goal is to storm chase and while not on storm getting my trucking business off the ground and adding to my fleet! Glad to not be a 🐀 any longer 😅

Most people already have heard about 613 and the big vote to stop the lawsuit. This means increased wages but we still will not have the ability to strike. I have my ticket but still a newbie. If you ask any tradesmen if they are making enough the answer will always be no. The cost of living is crazy especially in Atlanta. We are a right to work state. Union wise our strongest leverage would probably be airport which is the busiest in the world. J.W top out right now is $37. If we vote yes and drop the lawsuit we looking at $42 in 2026. The consensus I get from older brothers and sisters is we have them on the ropes and vote no. My mindset is don’t overplay your hand. Any thoughts from brothers and sisters and other locals who may have gone through similar.

So I am at a non-union shop applying for ibew 150 and I have over 2000 working hours but still an apprentice and since I was able to prove it they said I’m going to get a hands on test so I can test onto somewhere in the pay scale and regardless of my aptitude test results even if I fail I will get a interview and they said it is going to be used as reference. Will this affect my pay scale in anyway? I should be fine. Despite my struggles in math class in school I somehow always done really well on math standardized test and people at my company call me a math wiz. And reading comprehension I am ok on. But it could go any way I went to some college got an associates degree but haven’t taken a math class in 3 years Imma be 24 in a week

I collect union gear and found this belt buckle on the east coast. Thought some of you might enjoy this

Push back against half-assery, brothers and sisters

Triangles are my new fetish, trig is a sub fetish. Rat shops taught me nothing, the apprenticeship taught me to make sweet, unadulterated, tender love to right triangles and I'm doing it. Mix a little bit of trig in and those bends purr in the bender.

And the best part? It works. Every. Single. Time.

Drove up to MA from NC, signed the books and still waiting on a job call. Willing to travel anywhere at this point. Anyone know of any jobs calls?Husband has Class A CDLS no restrictions.

Just got laid off without warning due to a lack of jobs. I am a second year (1.5 years with the company and Navy EM of 9 years) with nearly 2000 hours and in my second year in IEC because the company pays for it. Since my lay off, I have been considering going to a union company as I've had several small problems stacking up with my current company. One was being paid $2 less than people who had less experience than me who joined in the same month.

My questions are:

1. What does it take to join?
2. Does my school amount to anything or did I just waste my time?
3. Where can I look up a directory of union shops near the Thornton CO area (keep getting Denver)?
4. What are the most notable benefits of this union?

Is it pretty common to wear a union shirt to a brother/sister funeral service or just dress nicely like any other service?

Not sure how many tree guys are in here but I wanted to see how things work in other parts of the country. Right now our union doesn’t provide any training for tree guys despite the existence of a training fund. The reason this is becoming an issue is we’ve had major accidents here. One guy got caught in rigging lines that got sucked into the chipper and he almost got sucked in. He lived but his injuries will prevent him from ever working again more likely than not. The year prior a guy got ejected from a bucket fell 40’ and died. Another guy fell about 50’ out of a tree and again is out of work for the foreseeable future. These are the major ones. There have been many smaller incidents. I believe this is the result of lack of proper training. The major incidents were all 15+ year veterans of the industry. My question is does your local have a training/apprenticeship program for line clearance?

just posting this to compare if anyone else wants to share what there pay scale was during apprenticeship. $17.50 isn’t bad i just don’t think it’s livable in 2024

Just took the role of recording secretary for my local and looking to boost involvement and attendance. Was wondering what other locals to at meetings in terms of food, beverages, etc., to make the members happy and keep coming back? Currently we supply pizza and water lol

Once you pass the aptitude test you get an email or a text about a week before your interview. the questions they asked me were the following seven :

1.) tell me some experiences you’ve had that have increased your interest in becoming an electrician

2.) Tell me about a time when you had some work to do but we’re unsure how to do it

3.) tell me about a time when a coworker got on your nerves

4.) tell me a time when you worked with three or more people

5.) tell me about a time when you were proud of the way you organized a project

6.) how are you able to do something when you don’t want to/how do you stay motivated to complete boring task

7.) tell me about a time when you witnessed an injury and how did you respond?

I need this exact font, written out like this on a shirt/hoodie. Goes hard

The money raised by the IBEW 11, District 4 Welfare Committee is used to help out our Brothers & Sisters during times of sickness, disability, accident or such other misfortune.

Is it not a good time to try and join, is it slow out in Portland and southwest Washington right now for low voltage?

Sorry 48 not 47!!!

Im looking at the Milwaukee PACKOUT Structured tool Backpack and the veto pro pack. Functionally they look pretty similar, and I found some online deals that make them very close in price. I’m having a hard time deciding what to go for. The Milwaukee matches/ is compatible with the packout tool chests and components I already have but I’ve always heard really good things about Veto. Is there a glaring difference between the two that I’m missing? Or are they both pretty decent?

Does 466 have a telecom or low volt section of the union? I have my low volt card through Wv and have 3 years of fire alarms, internet, cctv etc. If they do have one what do I have to do to join?