Inter-Local Pension Fund of the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Welcome to the website of the Inter-Local Pension Fund of the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

About the Fund...

The Inter-Local Pension Fund is a unique pension plan, available only to members of the Graphic Communications International Union. The Inter-Local Pension Fund began in 1950, when five local unions joined together to provide pension benefits for their members. Today, the Inter-Local Pension Fund has more than $1.6 billion in assets, pays benefits to more than 22,000 retired GCC/IBT members, and has more than 15,500 active participants in more than 65 GCC/IBT local unions.

The Inter-Local Pension Fund is NOT an employer fund. No employer contributes to it. No employer participates in its administration. The Fund benefits are not negotiated with any employer. Instead, the Inter-Local Pension Fund is a retirement plan funded directly by participating GCC/IBT members. The Fund is administered by the Board of Trustees consisting of elected presidents of the larger participating GCC/IBT local unions. All contributions and investment earnings are dedicated exclusively to pay pensions to participants and related administrative expenses.

GCC/IBT members must belong to a participating local in the Inter-Local Pension Fund in order to begin their participation in the Fund. Any GCC/IBT local union can become a participating local union in the Fund, by a vote of the local membership and approved by the Trustees.

The Trustees of the Inter-Local Pension Fund also administer benefits paid by the former Photoengravers Pension Fund and Plan and the former Pension Fund of Local One, Amalgamated Lithographers of America.  Information concerning those plans are available in the Inter-Local Pension Fund's Summary Plan Description, which can be obtained fro the Fund office.

The information on this website is designed to assist the participants in the Fund and GCC/IBT Local Unions and members who are considering participation.  Official information concerning the operation and benefits provided by the Fund can be found only in the Fund's Trust Indenture and Summary Plan Description, which is available upon request from the Fund office.