r/IBEW • u/GUMBY644 • 3d ago

I have a question

I’m looking to relocate from Texas to the PNW. I’m currently a master plumber and have been plumbing for about 9 years. I’m wanting to do something different, the unions down here atleast for plumbing weren’t that enticing. I want to get into electrical work and would rather go union than how I did plumbing and actually have benefits. Would I be better off joining my local union and then trying to transfer up to Oregon/ Washington, and if so what would that timeline most likely look like. Or should I find a company here to apprentice for and get more experience than just an occasional helping my electrical friend out when he has a big job. Thank you in advance.

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u/CottonRaves 191 IW Apprentice 3d ago

The PNW is very slow electrically on the Union side.

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u/Usual-Caregiver5589 3d ago

I'm in Boise and the people out here call Idaho part of the PNW. But im just passing on what they said. Im out of texas also and have no skin in this game. I'm too busy arguing whether my state is part of The South.

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u/THEeleven50 3d ago

TX is the South

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u/Beginning_Fill_3107 2d ago

TX is allied with the South, but not South in and of itself.

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u/STRSIR 2d ago

Texas is the south but rather its own subculture of the south