Tax Information–IMPORTANT HEALTH COVERAGE TAX DOCUMENTS– Form 1095-B is a tax form used to report certain information about individuals who are covered by minimum essential health coverage. According to the IRS, Form 1095-B is not required for you to file your annual federal tax returns. However, Laborers Local 157 Health Benefits Fund Participants may request a copy of their Form 1095-B, by contacting the Fund Office. 518-374-8872, nfrance157@gmail.com.
Monthly Union Dues are $43.00
and are due on the 1st every month
You can pay your dues:
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Through our PayPal Portal under the Members Resources Tab.
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On your Mobile Banking App, set up recurrent payments to Laborers’ Local 157, use your name as an account number. Your bank will mail us a check every month.
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Stop in the office and drop off cash, check or money order. If we aren’t here, there is a lockbox. Just make sure your name is on the envelope.
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Mail us a check or money order.
WE DO NOT TAKE CREDIT CARDS OVER THE PHONE
Union Meeting are on the 1st Thursday every month at 7:00pm, please attend so you are informed of any changes.
LABORERS’ LOCAL 157 TRAINING & EDUCATION FUND
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Laborers’ Local 157 Training & Education Fund Board of Trustees (the “Sponsor”) commits to the following Equal Opportunity Pledge: The recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices during their apprenticeship, shall be without discrimination because of age, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, or other basis prohibited by applicable law. The sponsor will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in training and will operate the training program as required under applicable law.
About LOCAL 157
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Laborers of Local 157 have been active in energy and environmental projects in and around Schenectady County since receiving their charter in 1906.
From 1969 to 1974, 450 members of Local 157 built the Gilboa Dam, the local’s largest project ever, New York state’s largest energy storage system and a major supplier of clean drinking water for residents from Schoharie County to New York City.
For 45 years, Local 157 workers have been active at the Naval Nuclear Training Site in “West Milton, refueling and de-fueling the Navy’s four powerful reactor plants and maintaining the reactors. Performing work of this delicate nature attests to the strong training and extensive skills of Local 157 members.
In 1992, members began the 10-year-long decommissioning of the facility’s two oldest reactors, a process that employed, on average, 50 members.
“This project has been one of the most unique jobs we’ve had,” said Local 157 Business Manager Tom Lombardoni. “It has provided work for our members for more than 40 years and allowed us to showcase the highly specialized training our local has undergone.”
Training in handling delicate materials also has enabled members to be involved in removing hazardous waste at the General Electric Research and Development Center in Niskayuna, a project that employs more than 35 members.
Serving the many high-technology and energy-related companies active in and around Schenectady has provided the members of Local 157 the opportunity to develop a remarkable and dependable expertise that has proved high valuable to both power utility businesses and other types of
local companies.
