LEANNAH v. Alliant Energy Corp.

ORDER

J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge.

After years of allowing early retirees to pay the same health care premiums as active employees, defendant, Alliant Energy Corp. (“Alliant”), like so many other companies struggling with the soaring cost of healthcare, sought to reduce these costs by requiring early retirees to pay a higher premium than active employees. IBEW Local Union 965 (“the Union”), which represents Alliant’s unionized workers, took exception to this disparity, as did the named plaintiffs, who are among the retirees affected by this change. Plaintiffs, therefore, filed suit on…