Frank M. Rossetto, Jerry Skidmore and John S. Borowsky v. Pabst Brewing Company, Incorporated

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Pabst Brewing Co., Inc. and District 10 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers AFL-CIO (“District 10”) are parties to a long line of collective bargaining agreements. The most recent collective bargaining agreement (“the CBA”), which is the subject of this appeal, covered the period from June 1, 1993 to June 1, 1995. Article VII of the CBA provided death benefits for retired employees and health benefits for retired employees and their dependents.

During negotiations in June 1995 for a successor agreement to the CBA, Pabst proposed the…