I filed both EEOC and PHRC in a dual filing state
Under the convoluted terms of the contract , I was not eligible to participate in the class of retirees until actually retired at the specified future date.. In time sequence I filed about 45 days after retiring and actually BEFORE the promised payout was made . There was no stated future payout date stated, employer unilaterally stalled it out for several months . About the time I filed to retire I was cut from benefits but younger participants continued to get them. The convoluted way the deal was worded I could not be in the contract as created between employer and union until I actually retired ...and they very clearly specified how and when I must retire ..and I did so by the later date they required via the steps they mandated.

