I know this has been discussed before but our company is going to an automated call out system. Just wondering of there's anything in particular we should be looking out for as far as contract...

As far as I know there aren't any union halls with contractors out of them in the US that use seniority to determine who gets work. First one signed is first one called. There is no seniority on the...

Being an IBEW A member lets you sign the book at any union local in the US on a moments notice. If you work 20 or more years as an IBEW member you will also get a pension from the IBEW. It comes out...

It's one of the IBEW pension fund investments. They've built several buildings and made a lot of money for the fund.

Non union contractor owned by ottertail corporation. They used to be called aerial contractors but they had such a bad reputation they had to change their name. They've killed two people that I...

Non-union as far as I know.

There is work if you're willing to move. In the midwest I haven't seen the huge lineman shortage everyone's been talking about for the last ten years. However there should be a lot of transmission...

I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist at times but my guess is that birdog37 is on a company negotiating committee and is looking for random input in regards to common work practices. The deliberate...

As long as it's an accredited school it's good enough, it's the piece of paper that the company wants. If you work for a union contractor(most likely IBEW 160 out of minnesota, I think they cover...

You have two options, go to line school or sign the books at your nearest union local that has outside contractors.

Line school is about nine months with no income and $6-10K of expense in...

What exactly does work ethic have to do with following safety rules? Company makes the rules, not the lineman. You must be a "hero" lineman(get the job done at any cost or risk). I can picture you...

The utility I work for has a company policy (not in contract) that says contractors have to follow our safety rules, which they don't, but not all of our people do either. In regards to the comment...

Check under employment on this webpage.

We have two paragraphs regarding job security:

The company will not contract out maintenance and/or construction work normally performed by the employees covered by this agreement which would...

If that's where you want to work I would recommend giving them a call and ask if they require line school as a prerequisite. If they don't, great sign up at your local union hall and get some...

Not sure how it is down south but over the last ten years many companies in the upper midwest now require completion of line school to even be considered for a job. Which by the way I think is a...

Went through your same prediciment a couple of years ago. Give a call to the offices of your surrounding locals or locals that you provide storm assistance to the most. In my expierence they will...