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Amount of contributions accrued in period for multiemployer plans by the employer. A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

No definition available.

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Amount of contributions made to multiemployer plans by the employer due to commitments and withdrawal liabilities.

No definition available.

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The amount of the after-tax charge of commitments and withdrawal liabilities associated with the restructuring of pension plan agreements.

No definition available.

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The amount of the before-tax charge of commitments and withdrawal liabilities associated with the restructuring of pension plan agreements.

No definition available.

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Represents the minimum percentage that the Company contributed to the pension fund, as a percentage of the total amount contributed by all employers participating in the plan.

No definition available.

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Represents the total number of most significant collective bargaining agreements for the entity related to this pension fund.

No definition available.

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Represents percentage of funded status.

No definition available.

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Amount of contributions made to multiemployer plan by employer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 80
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65877416&loc=SL14450702-114947

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 80
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65877416&loc=SL14450691-114947

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.