B. Past Service Pension Credit Defined

1. Past Service is work of the type or kind currently covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement for a contributing Employer, but performed before the Plan was established and maintained to cover Inside Wire Employees, Motor Shop Employees and Neon Sign Employees. You will qualify for 1/12th of one year of Pension Credit for each month in which you were regularly employed:
   1. Under the Inside Wiremen Agreement from June 1, 1940 through May 31, 1961;
   2. Under the Motor Shop Agreement from June 1, 1941 through May 31, 1962;
   3. Under a Neon Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement from June 1, 1945 through May 31, 1966.
   Because it may be difficult for an Employee to establish Past Service from employment in those years, Past Service Pension Credit may be considered for the period of an Employee's membership in the Union. Social Security records also may be used to verify Past Service. The Board of Trustees retains the total discretion to make such determinations.
2. Military Service. Past Service includes required time served in the Armed Forces prior to December 12, 1994 in a time of war, national emergency or under a national conscription law if:
   1. you were employed under a Collective Bargaining Agreement within 90 days before you entered into the Armed Forces; and
   2. you returned to employment under a Collective Bargaining Agreement within 90 days after release from active duty or recovery from a disability that lasted after your release from active duty.
3. Maximum Past Service Credit. The maximum number of years of Pension Credit that will be granted for Past Service is 15.