Normal Retirement Date
A Member's Normal Retirement Date will be the first day of the month coincident with or next following the month in which he attains age sixty-five (65).
Early Retirement Date
At the request of a Member retirement may be effective anytime after the first day of the month following his fifty-fifth (55th) birthday provided he has retired from active employment both under the terms of the Collective Agreement and from the Employer.
Postponed Retirement Date
If a Member remains in the employment of an Employer beyond his Normal Retirement Date and, his Employer makes a Contribution on behalf of such service, the Member shall be entitled to retire on the first day of the month following the cessation of such Contributions but not beyond the end of the calendar year in which he attains age seventy-one (71).