SEPTA, Union Face Trial in Worker’s Dialysis-Based Bias Lawsuit

A former Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority operator may be able to prove he was denied a reasonable accommodation for his chronic kidney disease and that his union aided or abetted the bias, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled.

That’s so even though SEPTA’s collective bargaining agreement with International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers Local 1594 contained a seniority-based scheduling system and Aaron Lett didn’t show he was entitled to a shift change to allow him to attend dialysis treatments, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.

A jury could still find SEPTA ...