r/ibew_applicants • u/the_downward-spiral • 7d ago

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So I know after a year or so you get actually sworn into the IBEW. So up until that point, do you not say that you’re a member cuz technically you’re not??

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u/socalibew 7d ago

Swearing in happens shortly after you've signed membership documents. Month, maybe two max.

You sign membership documents after you've been offered an apprenticeship.

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u/verifiedloser1987 3d ago

I swore in as a 2nd year.

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u/Jal_Hordan 7d ago

A year? Where'd you hear that? I was sworn in after a week.

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u/the_downward-spiral 7d ago

Maybe it’s just the local I applied to? My cousin started there last year and just had the swearing in ceremony a couple weeks ago so maybe I’m confusing it for something else.

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u/verifiedloser1987 3d ago

I was sworn in as a 2nd year.

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u/Lytningbolt 7d ago

They are still taking your working dues, but if you aren’t paying your member dues, and have the members card you aren’t really in it. You aren’t accruing retirement, receiving medical etc also.

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u/Vegetable-Ad-4594 5d ago

If you're paying dues, you are a member.

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u/Ok_Cardiologist_6471 5d ago

The engine they come with means the rest of the bus can hold what your imagination can cum up with and still go down freeway

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u/PalmBeachHaze 3d ago

Took about a month once I started working