FORM 1095-B

Please be advised that as per the IRS Notice 2020-76, Form 1095-B will not
be mailed to you in 2023.

Any participant of the United Wire, Metal & Machine, Health & Welfare Fund may receive a copy of their 2022 Form 1095-B upon request only.

You can request a copy by any of the following methods:

E-mail: RFurio@local810.org
Mail: United Wire, Metal & Machine Health & Welfare Fund
Attn: Claims Department
24-09 38 th Ave – 3 rd Fl
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: 212-691-4100, Option 1

Please contact the Fund Office with any questions you may have regarding
your 2022 1095-B.

Thank you.

New York is now offering COVID-19 testing to certain essential workers, including workers at healthcare facilities and essential workers who have contact with the public.

Workers can schedule an appointment for a test by calling 1-888-364-3065 or online at covid19screening.health.ny.gov. More information is in the attached flyer from the Department of Health.

SUMMARY OF MATERIAL MODIFICATION

Important Information Regarding Your Welfare Fund Benefits

March 2020

To All Active Participants and COBRA Beneficiaries:

This notice contains important information concerning benefits provided by the Welfare Fund. Please attach this letter to your Summary Plan Description (SPD). It should be read and retained with your SPD for future reference.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO THE WELFARE FUND

Effective for services received on or after April 1, 2020, the Board of Trustees elected to improve benefits to the Plan with the addition of nutritional counseling. The Plan will now cover up to two (2) nutritional counseling visits per participant per year, up to $150 per visit In-Network.

As such, the following paragraph is added to the SPD under the section titled “Medical Benefits”:

“Services of an In-Network Registered Dietician, Licensed or Certified Nutritionist or Certified Nutrition Specialist limited to 2 visits per participant per Plan year, up to $150 per visit.”

Previously under the SPD, there was no coverage for nutritional counseling.

As always, if you have any questions regarding these Plan changes, please contact the Fund Office at (212) 691-4100.

Sincerely,

Board of Trustees United Wire, Metal and Machine Health and Welfare Fund

See the attached documents below for the latest updates

Based on the current Coronavirus pandemic, the Local 810 Affiliated Pension Fund and the United Wire Metal Machine Pension Fund Office is developing a preparedness plan to best serve our members should it occur that we are unable to work from the physical office in Long Island City. That is why it is important to ensure that you are signed up to receive your funds via direct deposit, otherwise known as Electronic Funds Transfer (“EFT”). Our computer technology will allow us to operate from alternate locations. However, production of paper checks will be problematic and there will be the possibility of no paper check disbursements of any kind while the office is closed. We urge you to sign up for EFT so you can continue to get your benefit payments in a timely manner.

Attached is the direct deposit form. Please print the form pertaining to your pension plan. Make sure it is completed, signed and that proof of the account holder is attached.   

Mail it to:

Pension Fund Office – 3rd Floor

24-09 38th Ave

Long Island City, NY 11101

Please feel free to contact the Fund Office at 212-691-4100 ext. 313 if you have any additional questions on EFT. 

As the United States responds to the outbreak of COVID-19, we must ensure that working people are able to perform their jobs in a safe working environment and that sick leave is available to all workers. Without adequate sick leave, workers will be forced to continue working in order to provide food and housing for their families, thus potentially exposing others to the virus.

Federal, state and local governments, as well employers, need to listen to front-line workers in every industry about the actions needed to keep working people safe on the job and to protect our communities.

Teamster members have greater job protections than nonunion workers. However, every worker must be provided basic economic security and protections during this crisis.

The Teamsters will fight to ensure that:

• Everyone has access to free COVID-19 testing;
• Every worker is provided some form of paid sick leave; 
• Workers are not punished for calling in sick; 
• Frontline workers who treat potentially infected populations be provided with the appropriate protective equipment;
• Workers understand that they are entitled to worker compensation benefits if they are infected as a result of their work;
• Those receiving unemployment benefits while affected by COVID-19 are exempt from searching for work during that time.

It is imperative that we come together as a nation to ensure that sick workers and their families stay home when they are sick, continue to be compensated and protected during this time and that federal, state and local governments do everything in their power to keep workers protected during this crisis.

Below is an IBT leaflet regarding coronavirus which incorporates material from multiple agencies and sources.  There is also a summary of the legislation passed by the House on Friday, and allegedly moving to the Senate this week. 

Local 810 has decided to postpone our next scheduled General Membership meeting due to the recent events surrounding the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Although none of our Union brothers and sisters have tested positive for the disease, we have been working with our members and employers to avoid any unnecessary large gatherings. If you have any questions or concerns that need to be addressed during this postponement, please contact your Union representative. We will be rescheduling our Membership meetings as soon as possible.

The Fund is not required to mail the 1095-B forms for year endingIn the event that you may need one, please contact the Welfare Department at 212-691-4100 Ext. 313