George Stewart v. National Shopmen Pension Fund

Opinion for the Court filed by SILBER-MAN, Circuit Judge.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

In this suit, appellant employees and retirees challenge their pension fund’s decision to cancel service credits they received for employment before their employers joined the fund. Because service credits are a basic factor in determining benefit levels, the cancellation resulted or will result in reductions in the appellants’ pensions. The cancellation came in response to the appellants’ employers’ withdrawal from the fund before contributing enough money to cover the appellants’ years of employment prior to…