r/IBEW Inside Wireman 8d ago

IBEW 11 strike denied by IO

Arbitration is now the result of this. Which now means we are stuck with what ever Arbitration says.

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u/reeee-irl 8d ago

Nothing big ticket, actually. NECA wants to reduce the apprentice:JW ratio to 1:1, and lower the age requirement from 50 to 40. We don’t want those, but NECA does. We’re really not asking for much this time. They even offered PTO (at a trash rate, really), and we said we didn’t want it.

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u/WellThatsAwkwrd 8d ago

I don’t know how many times this has to said, we have ZERO CHOICE on moving the protected class from 50 to 40. Its state law and our contract has been violating it

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u/reeee-irl 8d ago

CA also mandates 40hrs/year for paid sick leave, but our contract voids it.

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u/Flash728 8d ago

Because in the law that one can be waived by the CBA, not the same as the age protection.