Opinion ID: 2552656
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Southern Alaska Carpenters Health and Security Trust Fund

Text: The Southern Alaska Carpenters Health and Security Trust Fund (Trust) is a trust established to provide employee benefits, including health insurance, to the members of certain labor organizations. It is governed by a trust agreement and is administered by a board of trustees (Trustees). At the times relevant to this case, Carol Patton was the administrator of the Trust, and Charlene Renz was her assistant. Under the trust agreement, the Trust provides benefits to the members of three local carpenters unions and to the members of other labor organizations that the Trustees designate. The Trust may also provide benefits to the nonunion staff of employers that have collective bargaining agreements with the designated labor organizations. But such coverage is only provided if an employer enters into a special agreement with the Trust that provides for such coverage. In 1991 the Trust merged with the Alaska Bricklayers Health and Welfare Trust. Under the terms of the merger, employers and labor organizations who prior to 1991 were participants in the bricklayers trust became participants in the Trust. At the time relevant to this case the administrator for the bricklayers trust was Betty O'Dell.