Legal Opinion
Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Union (Independent) Pension Fund v. CPC Logistics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2012No. 11-3034PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a decision upholding an arbitrator’s award is about what happens when an employer withdraws from a multiemployer defined-benefits pension plan, as the appellee, CPC, did in 2005.
Multiemployer pension plans — which are governed, as single-employer plans are, by ERISA — are created by collective bargaining agreements to provide benefits to employees of many different firms. Thus they are found in industries such as construction and trucking in which workers do short-term, seasonal, or irregular work for many different employers over their working lives. 29…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Milwaukee Brewery Workers' Pension Plan v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company and the Stroh Brewery Company v. Milwaukee Brewery Workers' Pension Plan, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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