SIU Apprenticeship still worth it in 2026?
I applied to the Piney Point apprenticeship last year and am waiting for a start date from them, which they have communicated will be sometime in the fall of this year (Deck department).
I’m 26, living in NYC and very flexible with little to tie me down. I’ve decided that I don’t want to try to get into an academy because while the benefits seem to be significant, I cannot stomach taking on that much debt and school for that amount of time given how uncertain everything feels right now.
My question for those who are in the know is, will the SIU Apprenticeship still be worthwhile? I am prepared to sacrifice and grind to get my foot into the door in this industry, but it sounds like newer Union hands are doing a lot of sitting in halls these days. But a lot can change in the months before I’d be finishing, so who knows. Thanks in advance