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Former Spirit AeroSystems workers file discrimination suit
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:40pm EDT
Former Spirit AeroSystems workers file discrimination suit
SEATTLE | BY ALWYN SCOTT
Employees laid off by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc in 2013 filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing the aircraft parts supplier of singling them out by age and disability.
Twenty-four plaintiffs were named and another 150 may join the case, attorney Daniel Kohrman, of the elderly nonprofit group AARP, said at a news conference in Wichita.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas seeks back pay, lost income and attorney's fees.
Wichita-based Spirit was spun off from Boeing Co in 2005 and is a major supplier to Boeing, Airbus Group SE, Bombardier Inc and other aircraft makers.
The plaintiffs said they were all aged over 40 when fired and that they or their family members had medical conditions that were or could be costly under a self-insurance health plan Spirit adopted in 2013.
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Former Spirit AeroSystems workers file discrimination suit
SEATTLE | BY ALWYN SCOTT
Employees laid off by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc in 2013 filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing the aircraft parts supplier of singling them out by age and disability.
Twenty-four plaintiffs were named and another 150 may join the case, attorney Daniel Kohrman, of the elderly nonprofit group AARP, said at a news conference in Wichita.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas seeks back pay, lost income and attorney's fees.
Wichita-based Spirit was spun off from Boeing Co in 2005 and is a major supplier to Boeing, Airbus Group SE, Bombardier Inc and other aircraft makers.
The plaintiffs said they were all aged over 40 when fired and that they or their family members had medical conditions that were or could be costly under a self-insurance health plan Spirit adopted in 2013.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spirit-aerosystm-lawsuit-idUSKCN0ZR2GS
