August 23, 2024
The International Longshoreman's Association pension fund is entitled to collect nearly $1.7 million in unpaid contributions and attorney fees from a union local in San Juan, Puerto Rico, following a merger with another local that had been in arrears, the First Circuit has ruled.
September 20, 2023
An International Longshoremen's Association pension fund has urged the First Circuit to back a lower court's finding that a union local owes the fund about $1.7 million, saying the local's argument on appeal rests on "fabricated" information about the preconditions of a merger.
June 12, 2023
A longshoremen's union urged the First Circuit on Monday to reverse a lower court's order finding it owes a pension fund about $1.7 million for unpaid contributions, arguing it can't be held liable for a debt accrued by a separate union that it had not formally merged with.