Alabama IBEW Local 136 wage bonds.
$1,000 flat.
An electrical contracting employer who signs on as a signatory with IBEW Local No. 136 in Birmingham agrees to post an employer's wage bond securing the wages the signatory agreement obligates it to pay covered electricians. The local fixes this filing's amount at $25,000; ours is $1,000 flat.
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How much does an Alabama IBEW Local 136 wage bond cost?
$1,000 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Union wage bonds like this are straightforward. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's most of the application — the only sensitive field is a soft credit-consent checkbox.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with Local 136
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with IBEW Local No. 136's business office as part of your signatory paperwork. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A union wage bond is a contractual guarantee, not a licensing bond. When an electrical contracting employer signs on as a signatory with IBEW Local No. 136, headquartered in Birmingham, the local's agreement can condition employment of its members on the employer posting a bond that stands behind the wages it owes the electricians it employs under that agreement.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and IBEW Local No. 136 (the obligee), with the local's electrical workers as the protected parties. If a signatory employer falls behind on covered wages, the local can make a claim against the bond up to its $25,000 face amount.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a wage claim, you repay the surety. The application asks for a soft credit-consent, not a full credit application, and it runs no hard inquiry. Keep the bond continuous for as long as you employ Local 136 members; we send renewal notices ahead of expiration.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $25,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with Local 136. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with IBEW Local No. 136's business office as part of your signatory paperwork. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $1,000 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued fast.
These are the actual issuing fields — the only sensitive item is a soft credit-consent checkbox, and it never triggers a hard pull.
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$1,000 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.