Dorward v. ILWU-PMA PENSION PLAN

Armstrong, J. †

This appeal arises from a contract action commenced by the plaintiff (respondent), William F. Dorward, a longshoreman, to collect pension payments from a joint labor management trust, created under various collective bargaining agreements between employer associations in California, Oregon, and .Washington and labor unions representing men employed in those states in the longshoring industry. The defendants (appellants), the ILWU-PMA Pension Plan and its trustees, appeal from the trial court’s determination that the plaintiff was entitled to a pension based upon 25 years of…