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ANNOUNCEMENTs

Updates and announcements for I.B.E.W. Sound & Communication members.

NOTICE OF ONLINE WAGE ALLOCATION ELECTION

November 8-12, 2021

Pursuant to the Addendum No. 2 of the 9th District Sound & Communications Agreement, there is an agreed to wage increase of $4.00 for Schedules 2A & 2D, $3.20 for Schedule 2E, with Schedule 2B receiving a wage increase equal to 88% of the increase of Schedule 2E.

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COVID-19 TESTING FOR SOUND & COMMUNICATIONS MEMBERS

January 2021

COVID-19 testing is free to all Sound & Communications health care plan participants.If any out-of-pocket COVID-19 test…

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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. 

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming conferences, seminars, and other events for I.B.E.W. Sound & Communication members

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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.

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Self-funded Medical

The Plan contracts with Anthem Blue Cross to obtain access to certain Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) providers.
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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.
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Pension

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.