General Information

Questions regarding your benefit? Here are some important numbers or contacts:

In Juneau, 586-9855 or 586-2334
(800) 478-9991 toll-free
kgeiger@apea-aft.org

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One of the eligibility criteria is that you must be a member or fee payer in one of the following APEA/AFT bargaining units:

Confidential Employees Association (CEA)

Fairbanks North Star Borough Employees Assoc. (FNSBEA)

Juneau Education Support Staff (JESS)

Nome Joint Utilities (NJU)

State of Alaska Supervisory Unit (SU)

Local 6070 (University Crafts & Trades employees)

Kenai Borough Employees Association (KBEA) EFFECTIVE 1-1-11

If you are a State of Alaska Employees but not in the Supervisory Unit or the Confidential Employees Association, you are most likely in the General Government Unit (GGU). GGU members also have a legal trust benefit with their union, the Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA). If you are a GGU member, please go to www.asealegalservices.org.
We also coordinate benefits for you. If you and your spouse (or same-sex domestic partner) are both APEA/AFT members, please let us know by completing that portion of the Member Agreement form. Benefits will be paid equally between both members' benefits. OR, if your spouse has a legal service benefit through a different union (i.e. ASEA for GGU members), the primary member's union pays first and routes the payment copy to the secondary member's union for either payment or file. A primary member is defined as having the earlier birth month and day.
For services beginning January 1, 2012, the legal services plan will pay $2,000.00 on your behalf for covered services each fiscal year. Our fiscal year runs from July 1 thru June 30. This benefit amount does not carry over into the next fiscal year.
Also effective January 1, 2012,the Plan A" attorneys listed have agreed to charge our members no more than $125.00 per hour. If the attorney you would like to handle your case is not listed on our website, please refer to Section 4 of the Plan Booklet where it explains in detail the difference between using a Plan A vs. Plan B attorney. Plan B attorneys may charge their regular hourly rate. When a Plan B attorney charges more than $125.00 per hour, the Trust will only pay $60.00 per hour. Or, ask them to lower their rate for you in order to be paid at 100% up to your maximum.