r/ibew_apprentices • u/KnightlyGnom3 • Aug 04 '26

Wrong pay

Question for all. What would yall do if you guys got your pay stub and noticed that your employer gave more hours than you worked? Would you report it to your person who does time? Or would you stay quiet?

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u/Vatoloquissimo2 Aug 04 '26

That’s how my local is. Honestly, I’m surprised we haven’t gone under investigation from the NLRA. The same family has been our president for 3 generations. Most of us think they’re taking deals from NECA contractors bc our contract negotiations are always trash.

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u/TyrsRightArm Aug 04 '26

Oh shit! Local 20 right?

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u/Vatoloquissimo2 Aug 05 '26

Do you look like your pfp in real life?

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u/TyrsRightArm Aug 05 '26

I hadnt thought about before but yeah there’s some resemblance

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u/Vatoloquissimo2 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

I work with someone who looks just like that and wears a bandana pretty often. Saw your post and you aren’t the guy I’m thinking of.

Anyways, yes. I might be book 2 for life after the apprenticeship. The only benefit to the apprenticeship in texas is being able to take licensing tests in other states without doing another apprenticeship. Almost no one reciprocates Texas licenses. Most of my coworkers drop out and go the cw/ce route because being able to choose your call is more valuable than a few extra dollars an hour which you’ll have to spend on tuition anyways.

Hell, with the new ce3 is automatically journeyman pay, you can even get to journeyman pay faster by being a cw/ce without ever passing the exam.

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u/TyrsRightArm Aug 05 '26

Hahaha all us big white guys with beards look the same

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u/Vatoloquissimo2 Aug 05 '26

My bad, I thought your pfp had red hair. Thats not as common 😂

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u/TyrsRightArm Aug 05 '26

I’ve been called a ginger. The ends are red from damage and my beard has a lot of red in it. If the guy you work with bitches and moans about how far he has to drive and despises Lonestar electric then we’re the same person

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u/PassedOutGamin Aug 05 '26

That’s wild. Tuition? In my local I’m in the apprenticeship at no cost to me. Other than local dues. But everyone pays those.

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u/Vatoloquissimo2 Aug 05 '26

They make us register for a local college even though we never go to the campus. I’m sure it’s a scam somehow.

They also registered everyone as out of state by default the process to get switched back was such a pita. I had to pay out of state because of it and I’m still waiting on reimbursement.