Benefits

Insurance benefits are provided to eligible members pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between UNITE Local 340 and your employer. In accordance with that agreement, the entire cost of the plan is paid by your employer through regular payments to the funds, which operate as separate trusts established to hold employer contributions and pay benefits.

An overview of the benefits provided through these funds is contained in this section. Check your union contract to see if you are eligible to participate in these funds, or call the funds office to find out.

The union's benefit plans are administered through a third-party administrator, Amalgamated Fund Administrators, Inc., an affiliate of the Amalgamated Life Insurance Company. You can visit their website by clicking here.

The funds office can be reached at 212-475-3131. The benefit descriptions in this section are summaries only. For full explanations of your benefits, you should consult your summary plan description (SPD). If you cannot locate your SPD, call the funds office and we will provide a new one to you. If you need claim forms, you can call the funds office or e-mail us by clicking here.

• Amalgamated Retail Insurance Fund
  This is the health and welfare fund that provides medical and other benefits to most Local 340 members

• Barneys Retail Employees Union Health Fund
  This is the health and welfare fund that provides medical and other benefits to Local 340 members who work at Barneys

• Amalgamated Retail Retirement Fund
  This is the fund that provides retirement benefits to most Local 340 members

• Find a network provider
  The funds are pleased to provide you coverage under your plan through a managed care program offered in conjunction with MultiPlan, Inc.; this link takes you to their website

• Prescription drug benefit program
  Your prescription drug benefit program is administered by Medco Health Solutions, Inc.; this link takes you to their website, where you can learn about patient care, refill your mail service prescriptions, check the status of your mail service order, request claim forms and mail service order forms or find a participating retail pharmacy near you; you can also call Medco member services at 800-631-7780; you may call a registered pharmacist at any time for emergency consultation at 800-631-7780

• 401K
  UNITE Local 340 members are eligible to participate in the National Plus Plan;the National Plus Plan is a retirement savings plan; the Plan is sponsored by UNITE and is administered by the Textile Workers Pension Fund; IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATIONAL PLUS PLAN YOU CAN CONTACT the pension fund office at 800-452-4155