MI Roofers Local 149 bonds.
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A roofing contractor signatory to United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 149 posts this bond to guarantee that the fringe-benefit contributions it withholds and owes actually reach the Local 149 funds. It is a collective bargaining obligation, not a Michigan license requirement. Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only.

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Runs to the union and the trustees of the Local 149 benefit funds named in your agreement

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Backs the health care, pension, annuity, vacation and training contributions your reports declare each month

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From $100 — soft pull only, never a hard inquiry — enter the amount the fund office names and see your price at application

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Signatory paperwork usually has a deadline attached, so this one is built to move: enter the amount, pay, and send the executed bond to the fund office. Here is the whole thing:

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Your company details, the bond amount your agreement names, an effective date, and the credit consent that authorizes a soft pull. That is the application.

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Most applications approve instantly. The credit consent authorizes a soft inquiry that never affects your score, and no hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.

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Send it to the fund office

Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to go to the benefit fund office administering the Local 149 funds. Wet-ink original mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the contributions bond actually guarantees

When a roofing contractor signs the Local 149 agreement, it agrees to pay negotiated hourly contributions into the union’s multiemployer trust funds on top of wages. Local 149 — the Detroit and Mid-Michigan local of the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, with offices in Detroit and Clio and an apprentice school in Oak Park — administers benefits through a fund office covering health care, pension, annuity and vacation, alongside the jointly trusteed apprenticeship and training programs that keep the trade’s certifications current.

Those contributions are not the contractor’s money. ERISA § 515, 29 U.S.C. § 1145, makes an employer obligated to contribute to a multiemployer plan under a collectively bargained agreement pay in accordance with that agreement, and 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(2) puts real teeth behind a successful collection suit — unpaid contributions, interest, liquidated damages, and the funds’ attorney fees and costs. The trust funds sue delinquent roofing contractors in federal court on exactly that basis, and a delinquency usually surfaces only after the hours have already been worked.

The bond is how the funds shorten that gap. Rather than chase a contractor after the fact, the trustees hold a surety’s promise that a stated sum stands behind the monthly remittance reports — so vacation pay, health eligibility and pension credit for the crew do not depend on the contractor’s cash position in a slow quarter. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the funds, you repay the surety. Keep it continuous for as long as you are signatory.

Roofers Local 149 collective bargaining agreement · ERISA § 515 (29 U.S.C. § 1145)This is a private, contractual bond — Michigan has no statute requiring it. The obligation comes from the collective bargaining agreement between a signatory roofing contractor and United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 149, together with the trust agreements governing the Local 149 benefit funds; the obligee named on the bond is the union or the trustees of those funds, so confirm the exact wording with the fund office before the bond is issued. The federal backdrop is ERISA § 515, 29 U.S.C. § 1145, which requires an employer obligated to contribute to a multiemployer plan under a collectively bargained agreement to make those contributions in accordance with the agreement, and ERISA § 502(g)(2), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(2), which awards unpaid contributions, interest, liquidated damages and fees in a successful collection action; suits on the agreement itself are brought under LMRA § 301, 29 U.S.C. § 185. Separately, Michigan licenses residential roofing as a craft under the residential maintenance and alteration contractor licence, MCL 339.2404(3) — a different filing from this bond, and one worth checking if any of your work is residential.

You need this bond if you are

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Becoming signatory to Roofers Local 149 and the agreement conditions it on a contribution bond

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A contractor from outside the jurisdiction taking work covered by the Local 149 agreement

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Replacing an expiring or cancelled bond so your signatory status is never uncovered

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Increasing the bond amount after your covered payroll or monthly contributions grew

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These are the actual issuing fields. The credit consent authorizes a soft pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the Roofers Local 149 employee contributions bond?Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. Enter the penal sum your agreement or the fund office names and your exact price appears at the application.

What amount should I enter?The figure your collective bargaining agreement or the fund office specifies. Contribution bonds are typically sized off covered payroll and the monthly contribution volume the funds expect from you, so the number is specific to your shop — ask the fund office if your paperwork is silent.

What does the bond guarantee?That the fringe-benefit contributions your monthly remittance reports declare actually reach the Local 149 funds — health care, pension, annuity and vacation, plus the apprenticeship and training contributions your agreement carries. If they are not paid, the trustees can recover against the bond instead of waiting on a federal collection suit.

Do I pay the full bond amount?No. You pay the premium only. The bond amount is the surety’s maximum exposure if the funds make a valid claim — it is not a deposit, and nobody holds your money.

Is there a credit check?The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. No hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.

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