Apprenticeship??

Posted By: MT on 2006-04-24
In Reply to: Don't do it! I wasted my money when I joined, and - my membership is almost expired. - sm

I'm not sure how you can possibly say that $7.50 is minimum wage, in most states that is still $5.15, which makes the starting about 68% above that. The ending wage of $15/hour is WELL above any minimum wage. Those guidelines, by the way, are established by the Department of Labor, who said get surveys about what the industry norms are for income and start the apprenticeship at 50% of that and move it to 100% at the end of two years.

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  - Apprenticeship?? - MT
    - I wouldn't work as an MT for a lousy $7.50 an hour OR - $15.00 an hour. GET REAL. nm
      - To tell you the truth, I made a whopping sm - mlstoo
        You could go to Home Depot and start out - at $10-12 an hour with no training. - nm
        Not around here you can't. Minimum wage. sm - mlstoo
    - Ah, but actual statistics and things like that - Useful
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    - Just a suggestion - beatle
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Well, we can write to the Dept. of Labor's Apprenticeship people
and tell them that the AAMT's proposal is not what MTs want, and that the AAMT has only a very tiny percentage of MTs as members. If a lot of people do this, then the Dept. of Labor might think twice about the proposal, especially if everyone gives reasons.