The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council (MACRC) Health and Retirement plans provide the industry’s best coverage and benefits for 52,000 union members. There are several distinct plans covering members of MACRC (the former Chicago Regional Council and St. Louis – Kansas City Regional Council). Our comprehensive medical benefits include preventive care, doctor office visits, hospital care (inpatient and outpatient), hearing assessments and hearing aids, prescription drug benefits, behavioral health/substance user disorder treatment, HRA, short-term disability, vision, dental, and life insurance benefits. All this and NO MONTHLY PREMIUM PAYMENTS. Members also receive lifetime retirement benefits based on employer contributions made for hours they work including a pension and an annuity.
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Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Benefit Funds (MACRC), (formerly Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters (CRCC)) is a member-service not-for-profit that administers benefit plans for union carpenters and their families in portions of Illinois and Iowa. This office, with locations in Chicago and Lisle, IL, administers four benefit plans (funds): Health Fund, Pension Fund, Supplemental Retirement Fund (SRP), and Millmen Pension Fund.
Mid-America Carpenters Regional Benefit Services, Inc., (MACRBS) is a member-service not-for-profit that administers multiple benefit plans for union carpenters and their families in Southern Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas (former members of the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council). The plans administered by MACRBS include the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Health, Vacation and Annuity Plans, as well as the Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis.
The Central Illinois Carpenters Benefit Funds (CIC) is a is a member-service not-for-profit that administers multiple benefit plans for union carpenters and their families in Illinois and Iowa. This office is located in Lincoln, IL and administers three benefit plans (funds): Health & Welfare Fund, Retirement Savings Fund and Substance Abuse Fund.
Plan Office Contact Information
St. Louis Office:
1419 Hampton Ave
St. Louis MO, 63139
314.644.4802
Mon-Fri: 8am – 4:30pm
Kansas City Office:
8955 E East 38th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64129
816.841.7136
Mon-Fri: 8am – 4:30pm
Chicago Campus:
12 E. Erie Street
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 787-9455
Mon-Fri: 8am – 4:30pm
Lisle Campus:
4979 Indiana Avenue
Suite 314, Lisle IL 60532
(312) 787-9455
Mon-Fri: 8am – 4:30pm
Central Illinois Office:
200 South Madigan Drive
Lincoln, IL 62656
217-732-1919
Mon-Fri: 8am – 4:30pm
Some members of the MACRC may also participate in one of the following pension funds not administered by MACRBS or the MACRC Benefit Funds. Information on each of these funds can be found at the links below.
Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois (Geneva)
Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of Kansas City
Kansas Building Trades Open-End Pension Fund
