Electrical work sounds like a neat trade to learn. How do apprenticeships there work? I get it’s a 5 year training contract, but what happens after that? I’m a journeyman like a feudal guild or something? I was going to go the local office by next week and inquire, but i figured I should shitpost about it first.
IBEW member here… the union has what’s known as the referral system, where any member may sign a work book and then put a bid in on any available job. The system works though an app where you get to see a list of all currently unfilled openings and see information like jobsite location, employer, hours of work, duration etc. and then you put in a bid for whatever job looks best for you and if you are the highest person on the book, you are dispatched to that job. If you don’t like your boss, go sign the books, get a new job, and that’s it. No notice, no interviews, no references, your benefits are through the union also so your employer literally has no leverage over you… it feels right.
Here’s the current package. The wage column is the “on the check” wage before taxes, after benefits.
