United Furniture Workers Insurance & Pension Funds
Furniture Worker
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The Fund endeavors to provide the best possible benefits for union members when they retire.  The Fund offers the following for its participants:

  • Normal pension at age 65 with 5 years of service, including 36 months of contributions.
  • Early reduced pension at age 55 to 65 with 5 years of service including 36 months of contributions.
  • Vested deferred pension provided after 5 years of service including 36 months of contributions.
  • Cash Withdrawal benefits payable prior to vesting – 10% to 50%, depending on the length of service.
  • Death Benefit – 10% to 50% depending on length of service
  • Thirty-six months of pension payments guaranteed once a participant starts receiving pension or when he passes age 65 and continues working and would have been eligible for his pension when he dies.
  • Disability pension at any age with the minimum requirement of 5 years and 36 months of contributions.
  • Joint and Survivor Annuity Benefit option available upon retirement
  • Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity Benefit for surviving spouse.

 

In order to participate in the UFW Pension Fund, an employer must have a collective bargaining agreement with a CWA local union.  Participation must be on an all-inclusive basis for the bargaining unit employees (no one can be excluded). All contributions to the Fund are made by the employer.  The Fund does not accept individual contributions.  The contribution rates can be submitted based on a percentage of gross payroll, flat rate per month, or on the basis of cents per hour worked.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

UNION TRUSTEES   EMPLOYER TRUSTEES
   
Mr. Harry Boot, Chairman 
UFW Pension Fund A
Trustee since 1996 
Mr. Ken Barton, Secretary-Treasurer
Simmons Co.
Trustee since 1992
   
Mr. Elmo DeSilva, Secretary Treasurer
Local 76B & Its Divisions, IUE/CWA, AFL-CIO
Trustee since 2002
Mr. Mike Anesta
Steinway & Sons
Trustee since 2006
   
Ms. Ida Leachman, President
Local 282, IUE/CWA, AFL-CIO
Trustee since 1994


Mr. Edmond Dugas
Sealy Mattress
Trustee since 2000
   
Ms. Isabel Pietri, President
Local 76B & Its Divisions, IUE/CWA, AFL-CIO
Trustee since 1994
Mr. James Pemberton
Peerless Mattress & Furniture Company
Trustee since 1997
   
Mr. Ulises Vergara, Secretary-Treasurer
Local 262, IUE/CWA, AFL-CIO
Trustee since 1990
Mr. Frank Scott
Hufcor, Inc.
Trustee since 1989
   
Mr. Jose Villarreal, Director
Local 9400, CWA, AFL-CIO
Trustee since 2000
 

                                                             
                            
                                                                         

                                      
                                                      
                                                                         




 

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