The UAW St. Joseph Retirees Health and Welfare Trust, (the “Trust”) provides health care benefits for Medicare eligible UAW retirees from St. Joseph Robert Bosch, along with their covered dependents. Currently, the Trust provides health care benefits to more than 450 members and their eligible dependents. This arrangement was made possible through a lawsuit between the UAW and St. Joseph Robert Bosch in 2010. The agreement approved by the court, between the UAW and Bosch, transferred all of the retiree health care liabilities to a new independent Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA).

The Trust administers the health care plans covering retirees and has tax exempt status as a VEBA under section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Trust is governed by a 7 person Committee. Three members are appointed by the UAW; the other four are independent of the UAW and were approved by the federal district court as part of the settlement agreement. The responsibilities of the Committee are considerable including determining the types of coverage and levels of benefits the Trust will provide now and into the future.

The Committee recognizes that your retiree benefits provide important protection for you and your dependents. Accordingly, the Committee seeks to make available to eligible UAW St. Joseph retirees comprehensive and cost effective retiree benefit programs with the funds that it manages. From time to time, the Committee may change the programs that it makes available and reserves the right to do so and to terminate such programs as it determines in its sole discretion.