October 2023 Newsletter is out Check out what has been going on in Local 498 lately. We try and get these out as often as we can but sometime the business just keeps rolling. Here it is. 

December Connector

The December Connector is out! Check out the latest happenings in Local 498 (HERE). I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! On New Year’s Eve toast to a busy and safe year to come.

Work Safe Brothers and Sisters!

August/Sept Connector is out a bit late.

I apologize many of you received the newsletter in the mail. Normally, I put this online right away, but it slipped my mind. Here it is for those who have not seen it. Click HERE.

Labor Day was a great success. The Labor Day Parade is a tradition we have always participated in and the last couple of years after COVID we returned to our Hall for our picnic and Years of Service Pin Ceremony.  There were over 100 people at the Hall to celebrate. Thank you to all that came to celebrate OUR day.

Allocation for raise was decided.

Last night was the allocation for the final $2.50 raise of this contract. We will be negotiating next year for a new contract. Thank you to all that voted. The break down of the raise was as follows:

$1.00 to the Mid America POC

.72 cents to the Mid America SMA

.15 cents to the PAC Fund

.63 cents to the Check

I will post the packages soon.

 

 

April 2022 Connector is out!!

Check out the latest happenings in Local 498. To check out the latest Connector click HERE.

REMINDER: VOTE FOR ALLOCATION OF $2.50 RAISE IS MAY 3, 2022 AT 6PM AT THE HALL.

The latest Connector is out and there has been some significant chnages! We still don’t have a complete handle on the changes but we are working on getting it done. As you likely have heard Local 393’s Charter was revoked. Local 498 has picked up some of there territory and mmebers. Just a reminder we could have been here not that long ago, so have some empathy for ALL the the 393 members that are now part of 498 and scattered within our council as you work with them.

We are also in the mioddle of a Suplimental Short Term and Long Term Disablity opion for our member, see the attached flyer. Remember we need 20% participation for this to happen.

The Connector is HERE.

The new jurisdictional map is HERE.

Current Wage and Benefit Structure through May 31, 2022

 

 

The November Connector is out!

There is a lot in The Connector this month. Work out look, some proposed changes regarding Death Benefit Program, Savac Fund, as well as Pin Party next spring.  Also, there is a flyer for those that may be intereted in Short and Long Term Disablity through Cornerstone for active working members.  So check it out.

September 21, 2021

Friends of Iron Workers Local 498,

We really appreciate your sponsorship and/or participation in the return of our golf outing on June 13^th, 2021.  We hope everyone that played enjoyed themselves. We had 77 golfers this year, it was a great turn out!  The Iron Workers Local 498 Golf Outing netted over $12,000 to donate to charities.  We will return next year and do this again, so Mark your calendar for July 17^th, 2022.

Just a reminder the Scholarship application process for the Blais Family – NW IL Building Trades Scholarship opens on Dec 1, 2021, at Community Foundation of Northern IL. www.cfnil.org which handles over 80 different scholarships.

Again, thank you for your donations and sponsorship. It was a success that we hope will get better every year.

Sincerely,

The Golf Committee

September 2021 Connector

The September Connector is out! Get up to date on the latest news around Local 498 here.

Tomorrow is the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 please remember all of those who died and all of those that helped in the aftermath. Keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.