Backdated railway pension acquisition does not bar claim to collective agreement travel benefits.

The Supreme Court overturned the lower court's dismissal, ruling that a railway employee entitled to a backdated pension retains the right to purchase discounted travel benefits under the collective agreement. The plaintiff argued that acquiring the pension right after the collective agreement's effective date should not invalidate his eligibility, while the railway company contended that the backdating created an unjustified privilege. The court held that since the employee was legally entitled to the pension from the specified date, the subsequent acquisition of travel rights did not violate the agreement's conditions.