QUOTES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL

"Don't wait for a crisis to discover what matters”

Ryan Holiday

“Your body is your foundation—invest in it with every choice you make.”

Anonymous

APRIL 1, 2025

Attention all active and early retirees – If you are picking up any pharmaceutical that was prescribed on or after Tuesday, April 1, 2025, please make sure that your pharmacist has the billing information that is on the new medical identification card. Specifically, the card that lists MedImpact on the upper right hand side of the new medical identification card.

APRIL 21ST, 2025

Moses (Mo) Flores, the Empower registered investment advisor, will be performing one-on-one financial reviews on Monday, April 21st, 2025. If you want to ensure that you are making informed, strategic choices and/or are well positioned financially for a successful retirement, you need to make an appointment with Mo. Click the link below and get your consultation scheduled. Appointments go quickly, so make making your appointment a priority. Click below today!

https://ibew-local697.empowermytime.com/#

THURSDAY, MAY 22ND, 2025

The Fund Office will be holding a Pension and Defined Contribution seminar on this date. The meeting will begin at 6:00 P.M. and will be held in the Union Hall. Do not miss this opportunity to get a better understanding of how both these benefit programs work and how they apply to your individual retirement journey or circumstances. Mark your calendar and then RSVP to secure your spot. Call the Fund Office at 219-940-6181.

MONDAY, JUNE 30TH, 2025 AT 4:30 P.M.

All shortage of hours payments needed to continue medical coverage within the third calendar quarter of 2025 are due no later than the date and time listed directly above.

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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