ANNOUNCEMENTs
Updates and announcements for I.B.E.W. Sound & Communication members.
Virtual Education Workshop
Held February 22, 2025
- UAS – Understanding Your Health & Welfare Benefits including your HRA Plan
- District 9 Pension Plan – Understanding Your District 9 Pension Plan
New Pension Plan Administrator
January 2025
The William C Earhart Company (“Earhart”) will take over the administration for the IBEW District No 9 Pension Plan from Joseph H Herrle & Associates effective January 1, 2025.
New Wex Health Benefit Card
May 2021
Effective May 1, 2021, United Administrative Services will be taking over the administration of the IBEW/ NEWC Sound and Communications’ HRA Plan from Navia Benefits Solutions. UAS will be using the Wex Health online platform.
Upcoming Events
Our Story
Benefits Site for I.B.E.W. NECA Sound & Communications Locals 6, 100, 180, 234, 302, 332, 340, 551, 591, 595, 617, and 684.
Northern California is the nation’s largest Sound & Communications market. From a small beginning in the late 1980s, to the sustained growth of today, the Sound & Communications industry in Northern California generates billions of dollars each year and logs millions of man hours.
Our Plans
We understand the administration of plans and benefits
Self-funded Medical
The Plan contracts with Anthem Blue Cross to obtain access to certain Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) providers.
Kaiser HMO
Refer to Kaiser – HMO Group #919. Your medical and prescription drug benefits are described in a separate Benefit Booklet prepared by Kaiser Permanente.
Pension
The Board of Trustees of the I.B.E.W. Sound and Communication Pension Trust Funds is dedicated to making the Funds more accessible and friendlier to Participants.
The Trust Fund sponsors the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers District No. 9 Pension Plan. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers District No. 9 Pension Plan is a multiemployer, collectively bargained money purchase defined contribution pension plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code that provides retirement benefits for Participants.