Henry
Henry v. Merrill Farms
Opinion
lead Opinion
Weigel, J.
*731 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO CLARIFY CLASS DEFINITION AND SETTLEMENT, FOR AN ACCOUNTING AND TO EXTEND THE COURT’S JURISDICTION
This action involves the rights of agricultural workers to receive pension contributions their employers made to the defendant Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund (Trust Fund). The complaint was filed on June 10, 1977, and as amended, alleged that plaintiff class members were in the Teamsters Union and participants in the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan (Plan) commencing in 1973 or later. It was further alleged that in or about July 1978, the defendant Teamsters Union, pursuant to a jurisdictional agreement with the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), terminated representation of the plaintiff class and that by reason of such termination of representation, plaintiffs’ interests in the Plan were extinguished or substantially reduced. They brought suit for relief concerning their pension contributions and status under the Labor Management Relations Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
On May 7, 1980, a Final Judgment was entered by Hon. Albert C. Wollenberg of this Court, which incorporated a…