Teamsters Retirees’ Welfare Trust. Effective January 1, 2022 and on a monthly basis thereafter, the City shall deduct from the employees’ wages the sum of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00) per month for benefits under the “RWT-XL Plan”. During the period this Collective Bargaining Agreement is in effect, the City agrees to remit payment to the Retirees Welfare Trust, c/o NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATORS, INC., for each employee who received compensation for eighty (80) hours or more in the previous month. Other than payroll deduction, the City shall have no responsibility for administration of this benefit. The parties agree that this benefit is paid solely by the employees via wage deduction and that the City’s only role is to remit such payments as described above. The parties further agree that this approach to payment of the benefit is intended to remain a permanent feature that shall be maintained in successor labor agreements for as long as the parties continue to participate in the RWT-XL Plan. Nothing herein grants any vested rights to current or future retirees.
Teamsters Retirees’ Welfare Trust. If directed by the Union and effective no sooner than 60 days after notification, the Employer shall divert from the hourly rate of pay of each employee each month one hundred percent (100%) of the premium necessary to provide coverage under the Teamsters Retiree’s Welfare Trust on behalf of each employee who is compensated eighty (80) hours or more in the month preceding the month in which the contribution is due. The Union shall inform the Employer after a vote of the membership has affirmed the desire to divert such wages. State Retirement (PERS) - Pensions for employees and contributions to pension funds will be governed by the Washington State statues in relation thereto in existence during the contract period.
