The ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan programs are established by collective bargaining between the International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA).
The Welfare Plan programs are available for eligible active and retired longshoremen, ship clerks, walking bosses/foremen and watchmen, and their qualified dependents and survivors.
Detailed descriptions of benefits and services provided under each ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan benefit program are available in separate Supplemental Summary Plan Description booklets. The booklets describe how and where to obtain benefits; any additional requirements other than Welfare Plan eligibility that must be met to be entitled to a particular benefit; whether dependent coverage is provided and, if so, the qualifications; and information about claims and review procedures.
Copies of Supplemental Summary Plan Description booklets are supplied to ILWU Locals and are available without cost upon request at the Plan office.
