Site Map Icon
RSS Feed icon
 
 
 

October 28, 2026

Today in 1793
Eli Whitney submitted his patent for the cotton gin, an invention that reshaped American labor by accelerating the rise of the industrial factory system in the North and dramatically expanding the brutal plantation slavery system in the South. The fight to tame the conditions industrial labor wrought, in part, by the cotton gin, remains underway today.

Member Login
Username:

Password:


Not registered yet?
Click Here to sign-up

Forgot Your Login?




Local 557
Updated On: Apr 15, 2025
 

The following benefit information is for those who were members of Local 557 before the 2005 merger with Local 355, including members from ABF and Cassens.


Health & Welfare Fund:

New York State Teamsters Council Health and Hospital Fund
P.O. Box 4928
Syracuse, NY 13221-4928

Phone: 315-455-9790
Toll free: 1-877-698-3863
Fax: 315-455-1237

Email: benefits@nytfund.org

Dental: 1-800-803-5773
Prescription Drug Card (METCO): 1-800-939-2108
Short-Term Disability: The Union Labor Life Insurance Co. 1-888-855-4261
Vision: 1-800-999-5431



Pension:

BeneSys, Inc.
7130 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite A
Columbia, MD 21046

Phone: 410-872-9546
Toll free: 866-548-3214
Fax: 443-986-9149


Teamster's 401(k): 1-877-778-2100 (Option 3)


Legal Fund: 1-888-697-8527 x310


 
 
Teamsters Local 355
Copyright © 2026, All Rights Reserved.
Powered By UnionActive™

1562665 hits since
Visit Unions-America.com!

Top of Page image