On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Craft Division of Local 1049 Health and Welfare Fund, I would like to welcome you to our new IBEW Local 1049 Benefit Funds website. Our website is a work in progress, and to assist us in effectively communicating with you and your family, we would like to hear any suggestions you may have. If there is an area you would like to see included, please send your comments and/or suggestions to me at eredmond@ibew1049.com.

Your plans, some which were established as long ago as 1964, have been through a number of revisions. The Trustees have adopted these changes in an effort to make your benefit programs as responsive as possible to your needs, within, of course, the framework of sound financing. While much can be said for these achievements, there can be no more objective way to measure the value of your various plans than to know that there is a sense of security and peace of mind that must come from knowing that protection such as this is available when needed.

This Board of Trustees, and the many Boards that have preceded them, are pleased to have played such a role in developing these comprehensive benefit programs and want you to know that they will make improvements whenever possible. To better acquaint you with our plans, please refer to your Summary Plan Descriptions.

You may also contact the Benefit Office between:

8 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday, at 631-234-1803.

In closing, may we suggest, as always, that you read your Summary Plan Descriptions carefully and keep them where you can refer to them as needed. Be sure to share the information with members of your family since they may also be covered by many of your benefits.

We look forward to hearing from you and working with you.

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