Main Office
2114 I-80 S. Frontage Rd.
Joliet, IL 60436
Ph. 815.725.0278
Fax 815.725.0594
local422@ualocal422.org
Office Hours
8:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m.
Ottawa Office
1301 Canal Street
Ottawa, IL 61350
Ph. 815.431.2628
Fax 815.431.2629
Kankakee Office
1012 North Fifth Ave.
Kankakee, IL 60901
Ph. 815.933.7621
Fax 815.933.3246
Welcome to the new Plumbers, Pipefitters and Service Technicians, Local 422 Web site.
You can earn a right to a pension benefit when you become vested in the Plan. Vesting refers to your nonforfeitable right to a pension, payable at your Normal Retirement Age, even if you leave Covered Employment before you are eligible for a pension.
Generally, you become vested when you have five years of vesting service. You earn one year of vesting service for each Plan Year (June 1 – May 31) during which you accumulated 300 or more hours of work in Covered Employment.
No. This Plan is intended to provide retirement, survivor, and disability benefits only.
Your Normal Retirement Age is age 65 or, if later, the fifth anniversary of the date you became a participant under the Plan.
The Plan provides these pensions:
You should submit your application three months before you plan to retire to ensure that your pension payments begin on time.
Certain work after retirement is considered disqualifying and can result in a suspension of your pension benefits. Before you reach normal retirement age (usually age 65), you cannot work in any disqualifying employment or your benefits will be suspended for any month in which you do work in disqualifying employment. After you reach normal retirement age, you can work less than 40 hours per month, without incurring a suspension of benefits. To check on whether certain work is considered disqualifying, ask the Fund Office in writing.