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Steve Hofer has been practicing consumer law in Indiana for more than 20 years. He is a former Indiana State Chairperson of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, a national organization of attorneys striving for fairness in the consumer marketplace. Contact me by phone at 317-662-4529 or via email at hoferlawindyATgmail.com. You can also leave a message through my website at www.hoferlawindy.com.

Monday, February 22, 2016

Information about the New Legal Services Benefit for UAW Members - or lack thereof

Having been a longtime attorney for UAW Legal Services Plans, I get asked by a lot of the UAW members and retirees about a new legal services benefit in the contracts with Ford, Fiat Chrysler and General Motors that were ratified in the Fall of 2015. In the Fall 2015, the automakers agreed to reinstate a legal services benefit for members, retirees and their families.  Since then news has been scarce.  Apparently a letter just went out to UAW retirees that the new legal services benefit is about a month away. All I know is that if this benefit is going to be operational in the March/April 2016 time frame, in my opinion, it is unlikely that it will be delivered through the remnants of the old UAW Legal Services Plan. My contacts at the remaining offices have indicated that they have not been advised as to plans for the new legal services benefit.   If you have questions relating to the new legal services benefit, don't call me, contact the UAW at www.uaw.org.  None of this is official information. I'm only posting it because people have been craving information of any sort.

I checked the website for the old plan at www.uawlsp.com, but it has  no updated information. There is nothing on the UAW site at www.UAW.org.



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  1. UnknownSeptember 6, 2016 at 5:45 AM

    I have heard that the Legal Plan will be back in October 2016. Just information from a union rep..

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    1. UnknownOctober 12, 2016 at 11:26 PM

      I've been hearing "next month" for over 6 months now.

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    2. UnknownOctober 12, 2016 at 11:26 PM

      I've been hearing "next month" for over 6 months now.

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