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indago
01-27-2015, 07:34 AM
Journalist Lawrence Hurley wrote for Reuters 26 January 2015:
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a company that amended a collective bargaining agreement to force retirees to pay toward healthcare costs, throwing out a lower-court ruling that favored the former employees who objected to the change. ...Allyson Ho, the company's lawyer, said the Supreme Court's ruling "sends a strong message that restores a level playing field in benefits litigation nationwide." Nearly 500 plaintiffs from Ohio who had worked at the M&G polyester plant in Apple Grove, West Virginia, sued in 2006 when the company said retirees would be required to contribute to their healthcare costs.

...Thomas wrote that "when a contract is silent as to the duration of retiree benefits, a court may not infer that the parties intended those benefits to vest for life."
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article (http://news.yahoo.com/u-top-court-rules-employer-retiree-benefits-fight-162318837.html)