6th Circuit: GE Bargaining Agreement Didn’t Vest Health Care Benefits For Life

Mealey's (August 20, 2018, 10:55 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Case law, including M & G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett and the “deluge of cases” decided since, stipulates that a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between General Electric Co. (GE) and multiple unions did not vest lifetime retirement health care benefits, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 16 (IUE-CWA, et al. v. General Electric Co., No. 17-3885, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22813)....