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The judge was constrained by the law, and the clauses that were agreed to in the two contracts cited were not to be ignored.

Okay. I'm confused. The tile company does a couple of contract jobs at a remote location that required them to hire union labor for those jobs.

They completed the jobs, paying the appropriate wages, dues and bennies.

Once those jobs were completed, how are they obligated to continue paying into the union's pension fund -- when they evidently have no union employees on their permanent staff?

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The tile company does a couple of contract jobs at a remote location that required them to hire union labor for those jobs. They completed the jobs, paying the appropriate wages, dues and bennies. Once those jobs were completed, how are they obligated to continue paying into the union's pension fund -- when they evidently have no union employees on their permanent staff?

They signed a contract that included an "evergreen clause" that bound them to hire/pay union scale and benefits for all future jobs in that particular area. The judge ruled on that clause.