A cement mason or plastering contractor that signs a collective bargaining agreement with Cement Masons' Union Local No. 502 posts a $25,000 bond guaranteeing that wages and fringe benefit contributions actually reach the members and funds they're owed to. Ours is $1,000 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only.
















Union wage and welfare bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details, an effective date, and a soft-pull credit consent. That's the application — no financials, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Wage and welfare bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to send to Cement Masons Local 502's fringe benefit funds office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
When a cement mason or plastering contractor signs a collective bargaining agreement with Cement Masons' Union Local No. 502 of Bellwood, Illinois, it takes on negotiated wage rates and contributions to the local's health, pension, and apprenticeship funds. This bond is the security the funds office requires before it will accept a signatory contractor's periodic remittance reports.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Local 502's fringe benefit funds (the obligee), with covered members as the protected party. If a contractor becomes delinquent on wages or contributions, the funds office can make a claim against the bond, up to $25,000, to recover the shortfall; the surety then seeks reimbursement from the contractor.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This is a private, contractual obligation running from your signatory agreement, not an Illinois statute or state license requirement, and the bond amount is set by Local 502's funds office under its own regulations rather than a published fee schedule.
These are the actual issuing fields. The credit consent authorizes a soft pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score.
Start the application →$1,000 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.