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Pension
Discrimination
WHEREAS:
The five tier pension program in the ILWU-PMA contract discriminates
against many OLD TIMERS in pension rates because of the following reasons:
1.
The early on 65 years of age mandatory retirement arbitrarily excluded
pensioners from later contract agreements providing higher pensions based
on length of service.
2.
The rising cost of living does not discriminate regardless of age; and
this is particularly unfair to pensioners.
3.
A further example of discrimination in
treatment of OLD TIMERS is the provision of a $1.00 an hour,
depending on how many hours you work (up to 2000 hours per year) PMA
funded IRA account for all registered members, further enlarging their
pension potential, while
again disregarding legitimate older pension needs.
4. Such examples of discrimination against pre- 25 year limit pensioners
are against all the principles of fairness and equity which has been a key
ILWU principle since its beginning. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL
applies to our old-time pensioners as well.
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED: That this PCPA convention go on record calling for
renegotiation of the ILWU-PMA pension plan to bring it into conformity
with a no discrimination based on age policy which, after all, is also the
law of the land.
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