Member Portal: An Easy Way to Review Your Pension Fund & Retirement Savings Plan

JOURNAL: ISSUE 1 - 2016

If you have not yet visited the BAC Member Portal, now is a great time to start! Whether you use a laptop and access the full website, or you use a smartphone with a copy of the free BACMobile App, you can get convenient online access to much of your information. The Portal and App already let you look at your membership information, beneficiary designations, work history, reciprocity designations, and training history. You can also check the Job Network for work around the U.S., check-in when you travel outside your home local for work, or submit a change of address to your own local. 

Recently, your International Pension Fund and International Retirement Savings Plan annual statements were posted in the documents section of the Portal. And now, you can opt-in to receive your communications from the Plan online. Getting your benefit notices and statements online saves the Plan administrative costs and is an environmentally friendly option. An additional benefit is that your statements are permanently stored for reference in an easily accessible area.

Soon you will also be able to view your International Retirement Savings Plan account balances and Pension vesting information both on the Portal and in the BACMobile App, with Savings Plan balances updated each month.

Many Locals are now adding the ability to make your monthly dues payments online through the Portal and App. If your Local is participating, a dues payment button will show up and you can start making convenient online payments.

Registering your account in the Member Portal is simple.  If you are using the website, go to https://member.bacweb.org  and click on the "Create An Account" link. BACMobile App can be downloaded from Google Play (Android devices) or App Store (iOS devices). Below are instructions for downloading BACMobile:

Android Devices

Visit Google Playstore and search for “bacmobile.” The BACMobile app that shows a brick trowel should be the first app displayed in the list of results. Tap on the “BACMobile” app icon to download. Once the download is complete, the app is automatically installed on your device. Find theBACMobile icon on your device and tap it to launch the app. 

iOS Devices

Visit the App Store and search for “bacmobile.” The BACMobile app that shows a brick trowel should be the first app displayed in the list of results. Tap on the “Get” button, an “Install” button will show up. After you click install, you will be prompted to enter your iTunes login. The app will then download to your device and automatically install. Find the BACMobile icon on your device and tap to launch the app.