The BMWED has received a vote in favor of the April 30, 2024 Executive Board Ballot, approving $500 and $2,000 Disaster Relief Benefits to BMWED members who suffered certain loses and are victims of the following counties in Oklahoma: Carter, Cotton, Garfield, Hughes, Kay, Lincoln, Love, Murray, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Payne and Pontotac and the following counties in Nebraska: Douglas, Washington, and Lancaster. This is due to severe storms, tornadoes, heavy winds, hail, and flooding that began on April 27, with no duplication of benefits being paid to an individual member.

The BMWED will provide $2,000 to those members who lost immediate housing at their primary residence and their jobs; and $500 to members who lost their jobs but who have immediate housing OR has lost immediate housing, but has their job, as a result of this natural disaster.

BMWED Disaster Relief Benefits have been extended to members who are victims of recent disasters living in counties of Iowa and Kansas where a State of Emergency was declared by the Governor of those states due to severe storms, tornadoes, heavy winds, hail, and flooding that began on or around April 27, 2024.

Members who believe they qualify for the disaster relief should submit their completed form (linked below) and appropriate documentation to disasterrelief@bmwe.org