Health and Welfare
THE ALASKA TEAMSTER-EMPLOYER WELFARE TRUST (ATEWT)
As a Teamster Local 959 member, you may be covered by the Alaska Teamster-Employer Welfare Plan, provided your Employer has agreed to participate in the Plan through collective bargaining. Like the Pension plan, the Plan is administered by a joint Board of Trustees. The Board is comprised of an equal number of employer representatives and employee (Union) representatives. The Trust also employs skilled Customer Service Representatives to provide information and answer any questions you may have regarding your benefit coverage.
The Welfare Trust office in Anchorage may be contacted at (907) 751-9700. You may use the toll free number, (800) 478-4450, if you are calling from outside the Anchorage area.
Please visit the Pension and Welfare Trusts website at www.959trusts.com for more detailed information about the benefits and services available from the Welfare Trust. If you have questions regarding your Welfare Trust benefits, please email them at: benefits@959trusts.com.
Rick Boyles
Secretary-Treasurer
Events and Meetings
- 29th Annual Retirees Reunion The Alaska Teamsters 29th Annual Retirees Reunion is being held February 27th through March 1st in 2012.
- Membership Meeting Schedule
Monthly:
Anchorage:
February 2, 2012Fairbanks:
February 7, 2012Quarterly:
Clear - TBD
Healy - TBD
Kenai - TBD
Kodiak - TBD
Juneau - TBD
Valdez - TBD
Current News
- Teamsters Press Unionization Of Toll Drivers The Teamsters Union, as part of its national strategy to organize harbor truck drivers, has taken on Toll Global Forwarding, charging that the company is using national labor law to delay a vote among drivers to join the union.
- Bus Drivers For Alameda County Special Needs Kids Speak Out About Safety, Low Wages Bus drivers who transport special needs students in Alameda County spoke out Thursday about safety concerns, low wages and lack of benefits.
- School Bus Drivers Speak Out About Safety, Human Rights Concerns School bus drivers with Durham School Services in Hayward and Livermore, Calif., joined today with Teamster, political, religious and other community leaders at a "Driver Speak Out" to demand better working conditions.
- Teamsters Warn Hostess Not To Misuse Bankruptcy Process The Teamsters Union on Thursday warned Hostess Brands Inc. not to misuse the bankruptcy process in an attempt to bully its way to unnecessary operations changes, saying a consensual resolution with sacrifices by all stakeholders is what is required.
- Correctional Officers Say For-Profit Prisons Won't Save Money Turning prison facilities over to for-profit companies won't save Florida taxpayers any money and will probably cost them more, said Teamster correctional officers, their families, their neighbors and union officials who came to the Statehouse Monday.
- Labor Radio Program Interviews Jim Hoffa Teamster Rick Smith of the Rick Smith radio show interviews General President Hoffa about working families, stopping the war on workers and more.
- BLET Engineers Ratify Amtrak Contract Today, Amtrak engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a division of the Teamsters Rail Conference, ratified by a 4 to 1 margin a new, five-year agreement. The contract calls for wage, benefit and work rule improvements.
- Hunts Point Market Teamsters Overwhelmingly Ratify New Three-Year Agreement Today, workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market represented by Teamsters Local 202 in the Bronx, overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three-year agreement that provides financial security and affordable health care for the nearly 1,300 members and their families.
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