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<blockquote data-quote="brownkonsole" data-source="post: 5413710" data-attributes="member: 101422"><p>I think its important to address some of the comments to clear up the confusion. I'm not an expert on this by any means, but after contacting the pension office and the union office I think I have a good idea whats going on.</p><p></p><p>Leaving a job in the Teamsters union without taking a withdrawal card means that you are basically put on suspended status in the union, and then you just basically have to start over in the union and pay the $500 or so in "initiation" dues, but only if and when you go back to a job in the Teamsters union. Not having a withdrawal card does NOT mean that union dues will continue to accrue from the start of the time you leave the union job, which also means that dues will NOT continue to accrue and so will not then get withdrawn from your pension. If you ever plan on going back to a job in the Teamsters union then it makes sense to get a withdrawal card to avoid repaying the initiation dues, but if you dont plan on going back to a Teamsters union job, or just for whatever reason didnt get a withdrawal card then its not assumed that you are still active in the union and owe back dues from the time you left the job. The person I spoke to at the union office said that if I was still working at the union job and WASNT paying union dues then that is a situation where back dues would be owed, but once I left the union job it appears that it was assumed that my status in the union was put on suspension and dues where then discontinued. From what I understand after talking to the pension office, any pension credit that you receive is yours and cannot be affected by any union dues that you may owe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownkonsole, post: 5413710, member: 101422"] I think its important to address some of the comments to clear up the confusion. I'm not an expert on this by any means, but after contacting the pension office and the union office I think I have a good idea whats going on. Leaving a job in the Teamsters union without taking a withdrawal card means that you are basically put on suspended status in the union, and then you just basically have to start over in the union and pay the $500 or so in "initiation" dues, but only if and when you go back to a job in the Teamsters union. Not having a withdrawal card does NOT mean that union dues will continue to accrue from the start of the time you leave the union job, which also means that dues will NOT continue to accrue and so will not then get withdrawn from your pension. If you ever plan on going back to a job in the Teamsters union then it makes sense to get a withdrawal card to avoid repaying the initiation dues, but if you dont plan on going back to a Teamsters union job, or just for whatever reason didnt get a withdrawal card then its not assumed that you are still active in the union and owe back dues from the time you left the job. The person I spoke to at the union office said that if I was still working at the union job and WASNT paying union dues then that is a situation where back dues would be owed, but once I left the union job it appears that it was assumed that my status in the union was put on suspension and dues where then discontinued. From what I understand after talking to the pension office, any pension credit that you receive is yours and cannot be affected by any union dues that you may owe. [/QUOTE]
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