QUOTES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

“Once in a while, you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.”

- Robert Hunter

“Breathe in, breathe out, move on.”

- James William Buffett

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DEADLINE

The shortage of hours payment deadline is closing in on 71 participants. It’s been clearly communicated for over three months-longer than a season of The Bachelor. If you don’t know the time and date that your shortage of hours payment is due, don’t worry: you can find them listed on page 358 of your SPD. Actually, they’re listed in more than one place-but proving me wrong is on you.

Anywho–miss the deadline, and it won’t be because you weren’t told-it’ll be because you weren’t paying attention.

MO – IS LITERALLY THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF MONEY

Need help navigating your Defined Contribution Plan investments or have questions about how to maximize the Defined Contribution Plan (aka, the Annuity Fund) to pay for your retirement? Mo’s your go-to. Swing by, drop a question, or just say hi—Mo’s in-house every third Monday of the month for the next four months, ready to make the complicated simple.

👉 Schedule Your Appointment with Mo – Click below:
https://ibew-local697.empowermytime.com/#

WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE………IT’S STILL SUMMER!

QUOTES TO CONTEMPLATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

“Lively up yourself, and don’t be no drag”

Bob Marley

“Summer night – even the stars are whispering to each other”

Kobayashi Issa

SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE!

Attention all Apprentices, Journeypersons, and Early Retirees
If you are interested in learning the “ins and outs” of your Health and Benefit Plan
Make certain to reserve your space at either of the September 14th or September 28th
Gatherings in the Union Hall
Those meetings will begin at 6:00 P.M. on both those two Thursdays
Spouses are Welcome
To reserve your spot, call the Fund Office at: 219-940-6181.

NEED SOME SUMMER READING? CLICK THE NEWSLETTER TAB.

3rd CALENDAR QUARTER – SHORTAGE OF HOURS

PAYMENT REMINDER

Shortage of hours payments for Health and Benefit Fund coverage in the third calendar quarter of 2023 are due at the Benefit Fund office no later than 4:30 P.M. on Friday, June 30th. As always, the rules as it relates to participants with a HRA balance large enough to cover their full shortage of hours payment are in effect. (Hey, we got your back!)

For those that do not have sufficient enough HRA balances to cover the full shortage of hours payment, but wish to utilize some or all of their HRA benefit to offset a portion of your shortage of hours payment, make certain that:

  • You make that election within the Create portal at least fourteen days in advance of the aforementioned due date and,
  • Your balance payment arrives at the Fund Office well in advance of 4:30 P.M. on Friday, June 30th.

THE 2023 SUMMER NEWSLETTER IS OUT!

It contains some very important information that each MPP&T participant needs to know as well as the dates and times of September’s Health & Benefit Plan educational meetings.

To access that information, and the rest of the Summer 2023 newsletter, click on the newsletter tab of this site.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023

“If you can’t tell what you desperately need, it’s probably sleep.”

Kevin Kelly

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