MINES & Associates delivers high-quality disease management, wellness programs and behavioral health care to union employers, Taft-Hartley Trust Funds, and other jointly managed health plans. Our services (e.g., pension and welfare plans affiliated with a union) are designed to assist employees and support the productivity and profitability of employers.

What is Taft Hartley:

The Taft-Hartley Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1947, and became known as the Labor-Management Relations Act.

The act added a list of prohibited actions, or "unfair labor practices", on the part of unions to the NLRA, which had previously only prohibited unfair labor practices committed by employers.

Taft-Hartley also more clearly detailed rights and duties of unions.

See also: Benefits of Taft-Hartley Trusts

MINES Proven Track Record:

Mines has saved its Taft-Hartley Trust clients millions of dollars with over a 99.9% individual member satisfaction rate. As recently as the last IBEPF conference in Honolulu a member’s wife came up to our staff and with tears of gratefulness told us how much MINES had helped her. The programs offered by MINES saves lives and disperses the Trust benefits wisely.

What is a Taft Hartley Trust:

One way private sector unionized employees can get health and other benefits is through a Taft-Hartley Multi-employer Health and Welfare Plan. Taft-Hartley plans can be formed by a single employer, but this is unusual. Multiple Employer funds are almost always set up under Section 302(c)(5) of the Taft-Hartley Act, more formally known as the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, which covers private sector employees.

Taft-Hartley plans have five basic characteristics:

• one or more employers contribute to the plan;
• the plan is collectively bargained with each participating employer;
• the plan and its assets are managed by a joint board of trustees equally representative of labor and management;
• assets are placed in a trust fund; and
• mobile employees can change employers without losing health or pension coverage provided the new job is with an employer who participates in the same fund.

Benefits provided under a Taft Hartley Trust:

Coverage of all of the following can be funded under a Taft-Hartley Trust:

• pensions;
• medical/hospital and prescription drugs;
• mental health services and behavioral risk management;
• vision and dental;
• occupational illness/injuries;
• supplemental unemployment;
• life, disability/sickness or accident insurance;
• vacation, holiday or severance benefits;
• apprenticeship and training programs;
• educational scholarships;
• child care centers; and
• legal services and financial assistance for employee housing.

MINES & Associates supplies trusts with reports, communications, and services necessary to appropriately manage your health plan. Call us today at 1-800-873-7138 or fill out a free RFP request.