ISIS-K Attacks Moscow

Another tragedy. 133 people were mowed down by machine gun fire at a concert venue in Moscow, Russia.

Sadly, but not surprisingly, Russian leader, Vladmir Putin dismissed intelligence warnings from the United States about a likely ISIS-K attack on Russian soil.

New Medical Identification Cards
For
All Active & Early Retired Participants of the Plan.

Because Teladoc will cease being the Funds telemedicine service provider on May 1st, 2024, the Fund has taken the liberty of updating your medical identification card so as to eliminate any confusion as to what entity you are to call when you have a telemedicine, second opinion or need assistance finding a highly rated medical physician on and after May 1, 2024.

These cards are scheduled to arrive at your residence in the third and fourth week of April.

Update and Reminder of the change of the Defined Contribution Plans Record Keeper

The Fund Office is pleased to inform you that thus far the upcoming change from Vanguard to Empower is progressing as planned.

With that said, in the near future you will start to receive some notices from Empower. Please make certain that you open and read each correspondence as they contain important information and federal notices about the upcoming change and when they will occur.

Case Management vs HRA Debit Cards

Last month’s article about the Care Management benefit caused a bit of consternation amongst the loyal readers of this newsletter. It wasn’t that it was not well received or that it wasn’t informative, it was …., on both counts. But several of you made the case that another article about the misuse of the HRA debit card would have been a better choice for the simple reason that it may stop the incorrect and incessant jobsite prattle of those who have chosen to disenfranchise themselves from learning about how that benefit works.

HAPPY MARCH EVERYONE!

March. Already.

How is everyone doing with those New Year Resolutions? Are they still intact? Did you even start? Come on, be truthful.

I think you would all agree that with the exception of a few days of negative temps, this winter has been quite comfortable.

2 FUTURE PLAN IMPROVEMENTS & ONE IMMINENT MODIFICATION

If you neither:

  • Read the Fund’s January Summary of Material Modification, (a copy of which has been posted to the Funds website) nor,
  • Read the Funds January newsletter, (also found within the Funds website) nor,
  • Attended any of the last four membership meetings, nor,
  • Read thoroughly Business Manager Phil Hernandez Spring 2024 report in the front of the quarterly newsletter.

AMPERES / CIRCUITRY / CURRENT / RESISTANCE

We all know that current refers to the flow of electricity in an electronic circuit. We also know that the amount of electricity flowing through a circuit is measured in amperes. So, here’s a question for you — or two, actually: outside of work, do you apply the theory behind these terms to any other areas of your life and why not?

The most successful of Local 697 participants do exactly this, especially when it involves learning about their benefits.