Restaurant Employees, Bartenders & Hotel Service Employees Welfare Fund v. Rhodes

This is a suit to recover payments allegedly owing to joint health and welfare and pension trusts, pursuant to a collective bargaining contract. The agreement was signed by the defendant husband, on behalf of the marital community which operated a restaurant called Clare's Pantry.

The contract incorporated by reference a "master agreement" between the union and a Seattle restaurant association. The master agreement provided that employers would require all of their employees to join the union within 30 days, 1 and further provided that monthly payments should be made to the health and welfare…