Max Parrott at LaborPress reports that on Long Island, interest in the Unionized Electrical Trades is surging, increasingly with high schoolers interested in Union training.  For the incoming class of Apprentices, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 25’s five-year program received 884 applications.  After the Union interviews the nearly 500 applicants that passed the aptitude test, it will admit only 45 to 50 of them into its next class - an acceptance rate that’s approaching some of the most selective colleges in America.  That boon in Union recruitment is coming at a critical time for the Union Electrical Sector, with more big retail and renewable energy projects coming down the pike.

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