NYS Department of Labor Announcement: Unemployment Insurance System Upgrade 

Good afternoon,

The New York State Department of Labor has announced the planned upgrade of our unemployment insurance system. You are among the first to learn this exciting news.

The upgrade will begin on MONDAY, November 2, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. and is expected to take 9 – 12 days. During that time, all unemployment services will be temporarily unavailable, and, consequently, customers should be prepared for delayed benefit payments.

We sincerely apologize for any hardship this may cause. This brief period of inconvenience will provide New Yorkers with a system that is more efficient, user-friendly, and responsive to their needs long term.

To help you prepare and answer your questions, we will hold a virtual town hall on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Please submit your questions in advance.

We will share a recording afterwards.

Important note: When joining the webinar, please select the Webex browser option, not the Webex app.

I look forward to speaking with you all. In the meantime, please visit our pressroom and unemployment insurance webpage for more details about the upgrade.

NYS Department of Labor Unemployment Services Town Hall registration – State of NY Enterprise Webex

LET’S GO AMERKS‼️


Amerks tickets are here! Please see the schedule and give us a call.
Please note, these are digital tickets sent to your email.
We have tickets only for home games.
Local 86 Members only

Don’t forget to re-sign from the 10th-16th for the month of July!!

Attention brothers and sisters,

Don’t forget to re-sign the out of workbook from the 10th to the 16th of each month to maintain your position on the book.

All re-sign are from the 10th through the 16th of each calendar month. Re-signing can be done by email, fax, and mail.

Currently, we are also taking re-signs by phone.

Contact the Local 86 Referral Agent at (585) 235-1510, option #3.

Web Referral is available at www.ibewlu86.org.

Click on the Web Referral and then proceed with the instruction on the page.

Members can bid on jobs available, update basic information, as well resign from this link.

LOOKING FOR JOURNEYMAN WIREMAN

IBEW Local 86 along with Ferguson Electric are in need of Journeyman Wireman for the U of R Bed Tower Project.
The current rate of pay for a JW is $44.30 an hour. On Monday June 1st, 2026, that increases to $47.40. The current benefits package is $30.50 per hour that will increase to $32.60 per hour. This project is currently working 5 nine hours days and 1 eight hour day. That’s 40 hours of straight time and 13 hours at time and a half. IF YOU WORK 95% of the available hours there is a $300 dollar incentive (taxed) each week. If you are a traveler and are coming from 50 miles outside of the Rochester area there is an $850 per diem.

Please call Phil Mixter or Vincent Sclafani at 585-235-1510.

Retirees can go back to work!!

The Local 86 Pension Trustees approve that retirees can go back to work.

The return-to-work period is April 27,2026 to December 27,2026.

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