Mealey's (February 11, 2020, 9:50 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 7 affirmed a district court’s ruling that the trustees of three employee benefit funds failed to prove that a union company’s corporate affiliates are liable under collective bargaining agreements to contribute to the funds for work performed by the affiliates because the affiliates were not parties to the collective bargaining agreements and were not the union company’s alter ego (Glen Johnson, et al. v. Charps Welding & Fabricating Inc., et al., Nos. 18-3007, 19-1206, 8th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3812)....