Ezekiel HOPE Blog

Donnell Boose started his first apprenticeship with Jim Gaillard (master electrician) back in the early 1990s. He also completed four years of apprenticeship through Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC). During this time employers were only paying apprentices about $7.50 an hour. Now a journeyman electrician, Donnell is quick to credit the ‘old school’ Black electricians for taking him and others under their wings to teach them the electrical skilled trades. He said that