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welfare fund

Welfare Fund

annuity fund

Annuity Fund

educational fund

Educational Fund

Legal Services Fund

1095-B TAX FORMS-2021

1095-B Tax forms are available to members upon request. 

To obtain a copy of your 2021 1095-B form, please email the Funds or contact us in writing.

E-mail: welfarefund@sseu371funds.org

SSEU Local 371 Charles Ensley Scholarship Foundation is Offering Scholarships for Members to Attend the School of Labor & Urban Studies, CUNY. The Foundation is Also Offering Scholarships to the Children of our Members.

ATTENTION!

Please be advised that the SSEU Local 371 Dental Facility is NOT affiliated with DentalInsider.com. in any way and does not endorse the services it provides.   The only way to make an appointment at the SSEU Local371 Dental Facility is by calling (212) 473-4700. 

Members should use  extreme caution when visiting Internet or social media sites for any organization that claims it can assist in making appointments at the Dental Facility and strongly urges you not provide them with your personal identifying information – e.g. name, address, date of birth, social security, number, etc.

Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Associate Administrator of the SSEU Local 371 Funds Iris Clark at iclark@sseu371funds.org.

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Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Welfare Fund

Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Welfare Fund operates as a non-profit organization. The Organization negotiates benefits and manages grievances of the employees. Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Welfare Fund serves employees in the United States.

Dear Member:

The benefits described on this website are the result of more than 50 years of the Union’s collective bargaining demands on behalf of covered members, and successive Boards of Trustees’ continuous efforts to provide benefit programs that meet the membership’s greatest needs. All of these benefit programs are hard won, and their proven contribution to the well being of covered members and their families is very significant. Because these programs are so important to you, we would like to highlight the history of their development as well as the current framework governing the Funds’ operations.

The Welfare and Educational Funds were created as a result of the historic 1965 struggle won by the Union. These Funds were designed to provide supplementary benefits that would “fill the gaps” in employer provided benefits (e.g., health insurance).

The Welfare Fund’s first benefit program consisted only of a limited dental plan for covered members and their families. The life insurance benefit was added in 1967, and increased in 1968 and again in 1969 when a number of additional benefits were introduced to the program, and the dental plan was improved for the first time.

The Educational Fund’s benefit program at first provided only a limited number of benefits for college courses. Improved and expanded most recently in 2020, the program has evolved into its present array of benefits for covered members of all educational levels.

The Administrative Fund was created in 1973, to receive and allocate City contributions to the Union’s Benefit Funds; and in mid 1975 the Welfare Fund and Educational Fund Boards of Trustees were united.

Providing legal service benefits to meet the membership’s need for affordable attorneys’ services was first considered in 1970. In 1972, the Legal Assistance Committee was established in accordance with Article V of the Union Constitution, to provide attorneys’ services in work related matters (e.g., Disciplinary Hearings, Arbitration Cases, arrest in connection with a member’s employment, etc.). The Legal Assistance Committee continues to provide attorneys’ services to protect covered members’ rights in work related matters, and it is financed by the allocation of $0.60 a month from covered members’ Union dues or agency shop fee payments. The first Legal Services Fund benefit program was introduced in 1975, after the last of many obstacles thrown up by the organized bar in New York State was overcome. The Legal Services Fund is separate and distinct from the Legal Assistance Committee; it is not financed by Union dues and its benefits are for non-work related matters. The Legal Services Fund’s benefit program also has been improved and expands repeatedly.

All of the benefit programs were created as a result of collective bargaining between the Social Service Employees Union Local 371 and the City of New York. The programs are financed by City contributions on behalf of each covered member to the Administrative Fund, which then allocates contributions to the Welfare, Legal Services, and Educational Funds. Each of these Funds is separate and distinct from the Union, in accordance with law as well as Internal Revenue Service requirements. The Funds receive no money from Union dues and the Union receives no money from City contributions to the Funds.

Each Fund’s Board of Trustees sets policy for that Fund’s benefits, to serve the greatest interests of the membership as a whole. The Trustees are elected in accordance with the Union Constitution and Fund Trust Documents, and are further governed by a large body of statutory law.

This describes the provisions of the Funds.  Any changes in these rules will be described in the THE UNIONIST.

We urge you to read each section carefully, so that you gain an understanding of all the benefits to which you and your eligible dependents are entitled. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Funds.

In solidarity,

THE TRUSTEES

Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.

The Board of Trustees have authorized an increase for the Charles Ensley Educational Fund. Course benefits and other educational benefits have increased from $600 to $700 per academic year. Organization fees have increased from $100 to $200 per academic year. Please click on Educational Fund for further details.

Administrative Modification to Invisalign Pilot Program:

Effective May 19, 2021, the Invisalign dental benefit has been raised from $750.00 to $2000.00 life time maximum. This is for Members and Dependents 19 years old and over. The monthly adjustments noted in the fee schedule remains the same. This is a separate benefit from the yearly $2000.00 dental benefit. If you incurred any out of pocket expense, please contact Iris Clark at iclark@sseu371funds.org. For additional information, please contact the Welfare Fund at welfarefund@sseu371funds.org.
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