CREEC and co-counsel National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow LLP resolved a lawsuit brought by San Francisco gay widower Robert Pritchard against the IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan. The pension plan is now…
Press Coverage of Pritchard v. IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan
A number of media outlets covered the filing of the complaint in Pritchard v. IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan, which CREEC is litigating with co-counsel National Center for Lesbian Rights and Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow LLP. Read…
Gay Widower Sues San Francisco Bay Area Union Pension Plan for Refusing to Provide Survivor Benefits After His Husband Died
Today, the widower of a hotel telecommunications engineer in San Francisco sued the IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan and its Board of Trustees for refusing to provide him with a spousal pension benefit required by the terms of…
Press Coverage of CREEC’s Same-Sex Spousal Benefit Case Against FedEx
A number of media outlets covered the recent favorable decision in Schuett v. FedEx, CREEC’s case challenging FedEx’s refusal to provide a spousal pension benefit to the surviving same-sex spouse of a longtime employee. Here is a partial listing of…
Court Denies FedEx’s Attempt to Dismiss Suit by Surviving Same-Sex Spouse of Longtime Employee Seeking Pension Benefits
Today, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton denied FedEx’s attempt to throw out a lawsuit filed by Stacey Schuett, a widow of a longtime FedEx employee who has been denied the survivor pension benefits her same-sex spouse earned during her…
Lambda Legal and CREEC Urge Delta Airlines to Amend Pension Plan to Grant Benefits to Surviving Same-Sex Spouses
“It is time for Delta and other major employers—many of whom are allies to the LGBT community—to update their boilerplate policies and remove this hurdle that affects same-sex couples who were barred from marriage for so long.” Lambda Legal and…
New Case: Student Files Complaint Against College for Discrimination
Today, CREEC filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division on behalf of a student at IntelliTec College. The complaint alleges discrimination by a place of public accommodation based on sexual orientation and religion. In June 2015, Crystal Rea,…