Valuable links from your January 2026 edition of Through the Wire:
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Let the Benefits Office Help With Your Resolutions
The Benefits Office and our portal can help you get started, stay on track, or regroup, as the case may be, with your personal plans for the new year. Use your hard-earned benefits, all of your benefits, this year and check out the EWTF member portal to learn how you can stay engaged and educated on how our plans can serve you and your family.
Why Can’t We Make Resolutions Stick?
Getting healthier, getting more organized, being better connected with long lost family and friends, gaining financial stability, and other common resolutions are great goals to set but they require the right approach.
BHS can be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at no additional cost at 888-784-5665.
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It’s Time to Change How We View Diet-Based Resolutions
Breaking down a resolution into bite-sized steps (yes, pun intended!) can make your diet goal more palatable (yes, pun intended again!).
Remember, all EWTF participants have access, at no additional cost, to Virta Health, our diet and lifestyle partner program. If you are serious about making diet and lifestyle changes this year, the professionals at Virta Health can help you. To learn more about Virta’s program and help make 2026 your healthiest year yet, visit www.virtahealth.com/join?employer_id=ewtf.
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How Will You Get Financially Healthy in 2026?
Thankfully, our Local 26 members have a solid retirement plan in place through our Local 26 Pension Plan and Local 26 Individual Account Plan but what about creating a plan for general expenses you may incur in life, such as managing credit card debt, saving for college, weathering unplanned car or home repairs, or creating a vacation fund?
For more information about our Pension Plan and Individual Account Plan, visit the EWTF website at ewtf.org to view the Plans’ Summary Plan Descriptions. Also, Fidelity advisors are available at 866-84-UNION Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to midnight or at any brick-and-mortar location all around the country, many right here in Local 26’s jurisdiction.
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The top ten most common New Year’s resolutions…
While you’re at it, take a look at our member portal called My Benefits Center and learn all that the member portal can do for you, from offering important forms to providing access to your benefits hours, and more. Visit https://www.ewtf.org.