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Members of LIUNA are experienced Construction Craft Laborers that rely on a diverse set of skills, performed on a wide variety of jobsites. LIUNA members build roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, tunnels, transit and energy systems as well as work on demolition and renovation projects. Members assist in the construction and maintenance of power plants and substations, dig trenches for lines, and repair roads after line installation, and build supporting infrastructure such as oil and gas pipelines.
Members are skilled in general construction, concrete placement, roadway construction, site preparation, pipelaying, erosion control, hoisting and rigging, OSHA safety, permit-required confined space, rough terrain forklift operation, trenching and excavation safety, erecting turbines, and solar panel installation.
The Massachusetts Laborers Benefits Program provides quality health insurance and pension benefits for union Laborers in Massachusetts.
You are eligible to participate in the Massachusetts Laborers’ Health and Welfare Plan A or Plan B based on the number of hours you work in covered employment. Your eligibility for each 6-month Eligibility Period will depend on the number of recorded hours of employment you accumulated with one or more contributing employers within a period of 12 consecutive months. Find out more: http://mlbf.org/health-welfare/health-welfare-plan-information/
As a participant in the Massachusetts Laborers’ Pension Fund, you can earn a retirement benefit that will provide you with a monthly income when you stop working at retirement age (normal retirement age is 65). This benefit is based on contributions made to the Pension Fund by your employer on your behalf. You are not required (or allowed) to contribute to the Fund. Find out more at
http://mlbf.org/pension/pension-info/
As a participant in the Massachusetts Laborers’ Annuity Fund, you can receive an Annuity Benefit that will provide you with a monthly income when you stop working at retirement age (normal retirement age is 65). This benefit is based on contributions made to your individual account in the Annuity Fund by your employer on your behalf. You are not required (or allowed) to contribute to the Fund. Find out more at http://mlbf.org/annuity/
As a member, you will be represented on the job by your Local Union. Your Local Union Business Manager shoulders this responsibility, in many cases with the assistance of one or more Field Representatives. In addition, your Business Manager may appoint stewards to provide day-to-day representation on the job site. Business Managers are selected by you—the union member—as are the other officers of your Local Union Executive Board. Your Local Union protects you in many ways, such as:
• Enforces rights under the collective bargaining agreement.
• Assists members in finding employment through its referral service or hiring hall.
• Provides apprenticeship and training programs, offering members the opportunity to develop and improve skills needed to obtain—and to retain—employment in an ever more complex and demanding working environment.
• Enforces legal rights, such as those extended to workers under the National Labor Relations Act.
• Promotes jobsite safety as guaranteed under OSHA.
• Protects against discrimination in employment by enforcing both contract rights and legal rights such as those found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.