2nd Circuit Affirms Ruling For Multiemployer Fund In Pension Calculation Case

( June 26, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Affirming dismissal of a union member’s suit against a multiemployer pension fund in a summary order, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the pro se member was entitled to benefits from the fund only after 2020 because “the collective bargaining agreement shows that the employer was not paying into the Fund’s pension plan until that year,” adding that the employer had apparently been paying into a separate retirement fund from 2009 through 2019....