Court Opinion

ID: 9481127
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 08:08:31.362144+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:48:06.351174
License: Public Domain

BEEZER, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I do not think an employer is bound by the terms of the Trust Agreement if it only makes contributions on behalf of its employees. Under the trust instrument, “employers” include those “who, by contract with the Union, have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Trust Agreement and to make contributions to the Fund.” Thus, employers must both make contributions and agree to be bound by the terms of the Trust Agreement. Here, the collective bargaining agreement contains no reference which binds the employer to the audit terms of the Trust Agreement. Because Miramar never agreed to be bound by the terms of the Trust Agreement “by contract with the Union” it is not required to submit to an audit.