Union /Company Benefits
Guild members at The Blade enjoy a range of health-care and retirement benefits through plans that are jointly administered by the employer and the Toledo Council of Newspaper Unions, an umbrella group that includes the Guild and seven other unions. Information about these benefits is available by contacting the Toledo Newspaper Unions/Blade Welfare, Pension, and Savings Trust Funds office, which is in the Times Building on Orange Street across from The Blade. The office also can be reached by calling 419-243-7521. The plan administrator is Clarence (Al) Espen.

Below is a summary of these benefits and ways to obtain additional information. For complete details, click the link to the Toledo Newspaper Unions-Blade Health and Welfare Plan Summary Plan Description.