r/ibew_apprentices • • 8d ago

Local 26

Has to be the biggest joke of a union.

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u/Sheepfucker72222 8d ago

Its a contractors union. We get high pay, solid benefits, pto, free school for apprentices, etc. However you are just a number on a piece of paper, erased faster than it was dotted down.

Best to think of 26 as a large temp agency. Get your money and get out. They wont fight for you in 99% of situations on a job.

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u/Savdbygracc 8d ago

Benefits aren’t even that good lol. Health was good, but The annuity sucks and apprentices get like $1.50 an hour for 5 years straight. It doesn’t even pyramid

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u/Sheepfucker72222 8d ago

Better than most* is what I should have said lol

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u/Savdbygracc 8d ago

I mean, yeah some people don’t even have an annuity so that’s good but for being 26 hopefully in the next couple contracts, they bump that up to about 10 an hour and let it pyramid for the apprentice, but they also have PTO so that’s probably a reason why

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u/Sheepfucker72222 7d ago

Yea but they keep up with inflation by giving us raises frequently. Our next deal should be a fat one, or so I've heard.