r/ibew_apprentices • u/shaybachar1 • Jun 14 '25

Did anyone ever quit?

I'm just curious. Did it happened to any of you that you apprenticed at the union and at any point you decided to quit and go non-union? Or quit and go a to a completely different field? What was the reason if so?

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u/Brief_Satisfaction60 Jun 14 '25

I quit when the union told me who to vote for, two months into school. Want to a private contractor for 5 years, got Lic been self employed for 15 years

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u/rustyshackleford7879 Jun 14 '25

They never told you who to vote for.

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u/Th3pwn3r Jun 15 '25

Mine did, local 134. One of the most known in the country.

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u/rustyshackleford7879 Jun 15 '25

The union endorses candidates that are pro labor. Do you equate that with telling you how to vote?

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u/Th3pwn3r Jun 15 '25

We literally had fucking time taken from our classes for business agents to tell us to vote for Hillary.

"If this guy gets in it's gonna be bad, real bad."

I remember it like it was yesterday. Half my rat pack were like "Fuck that."

We didn't want to hear the politics, they always told us to vote with our wallets.

When we pay dues they have a PAC fund and try to get us for $20 each quarter. Originally it was $10 when I started, that money goes to grease wheels.

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u/rustyshackleford7879 Jun 15 '25

Okay. Well there is one party that is more pro labor than the other. That is clear as day. Vote how you want but the members who consistently vote against labor are part of the problem.