Unions like to keep secrets from their members. The IWA, now steelworkers, wouldn't allow my father to add prior years of service in the forest industry because of a vesting deadline that he was never told about. He retired after 23 years of service, but because he broke service for 6 years and never applied for past service (never knew about it) he lost 20 prior service years and therefore got screwed on the pension. Thank you, union...always looking out for the people.
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