A multi-employer plan (called a Taft-Hartley plan) is a collectively bargained plan maintained by more than one employer. In our case, this Plan was negotiated in the UAW contracts with FCA, Ford and General Motors in the 2015 contract negotiations. These collectively bargained plans are managed by boards of trustees staffed with equal numbers of union and employer representatives. There are 6 trustees from the UAW and 6 from the Companies (2 from FCA, 2 from Ford and 2 from General Motors). A Plan document and Trust was drafted and signed in 2016 and the Plan is managed pursuant to the terms listed in those documents. The funds that will be contributed to the new Legal Services Plan by the Sponsors (FCA, Ford and GM) was fixed in the 2015 contract and no additional funds will be received, even if funds run out. This new Legal Services Plan will be up for renegotiation in the 2019 contracts.
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