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2022 PMA Annual Report

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ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan Benefits Costs Per Active Registrant Fiscal Years 2012-2022 11/12 16/17 21/22 $0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 Benets Costs per Registrant $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 Total Welfare Plan benefits costs—for the active registered work force and dependents and for retirees and covered dependents—for each fiscal year are divided by the count of active registrants at the end of the previous payroll year (midpoint of the fiscal year). For example, costs for 2021/2022 are divided by the count of active registrants at the end of 2021. 2022 | THE YEAR IN REVIEW Healthcare Benefits The healthcare plan – the ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan – is among the most generous in America. In the 2022 fiscal year, the healthcare cost per ILWU registrant was $52,848. In July, David L. Crawford, PhD, evaluated ILWU healthcare benefits, concluding that these benefits "… are substantially more generous than the average benefits provided to all groups of workers reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics." His study also found that the ILWU healthcare benefits are extraordinary among a large majority of American workers who contribute to their health coverage. Crawford's findings are consistent with a survey of collectively-bargained health plans conducted by the nonpartisan research organization NORC at the University of Chicago. That survey found that the average monthly premium paid by workers covered by collectively bargained health plans was $658 for single coverage, and $1,632 for family coverage. PMA Offers Sick Pay Benefits Related to COVID-19 PMA and the ILWU agreed to sick pay and workplace exclusion plans that addressed the requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and subsequent state and local legislation. This sick pay benefit allowed individuals to be paid for time off related to COVID symptoms, or family care related to COVID. Since its inception, PMA has paid $44 million to individuals who had been exposed to COVID and were excluded from the workplace. A review of annual earnings, found on pg. 61, shows that full-time registered workers (those paid 2,000 hours or more) earned, on average in 2022, over $211,000 per year. For longshore registrants, the average was $197,514. For clerks, it was $220,042. And for foremen, it was $306,291. Unlike most workers, the wages earned by ILWU members are not solely determined by the basic longshore rate of $46.23 per hour. More than 80 percent of all work includes skill bonuses ranging from $2.40 to $5.80 per hour. Evening and nighttime work – which totals nearly 39 percent of all hours paid – is paid at rates of $61 to $83 per hour, not including overtime. Overtime work, including weekends and holidays, is paid at rates of $69 to $93 per hour and accounts for 36 percent of all hours paid. The effective average rate for all hours paid is more than $64 per hour. Refer to pg. 62 for more information. How does $46.23 add up to $211,000 a year? 2020-2 2020-3 2020-4 2021-1 2021-2 2021-3 2021-4 2022-1 2022-2 2022-3 2022-4 $14,000,000 $12,000,000 $10,000,000 $8,000,000 $6,000,000 $4,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 2020-2 2020-3 2020-4 2021-1 2021-2 2021-3 2021-4 2022-1 2022-2 2022-3 2022-4 COVID-19 Payments by Claim Date Year, Quarter 19 19 PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATION

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