In 2019, WTTW News covered Russia Brown’s successful push for the CTA to add gender affirming care to its health insurance. He has since been fired as a driver, now suing the CTA and the union alleging discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination
In 2019, WTTW News covered his successful
His former coworkers might have recognized him for more than just their time on the job. Brown received a good deal of attention when he, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, successfully pushed the CTA to cover gender affirming health care. “People complain about our health insurance,” Hill said. “I can’t say this the way I want to say it on Live because I don’t want it coming back to, uh – you can get a whole sex change on our health insurance.”
Brown was suspended and later fired. He says it came after a series of incidents where he faced harsher discipline and more scrutiny than his coworkers did. “Very rarely do you get a situation where a manager is going to tell you, you’re too much trouble, we’re going to get rid of you,” Abraham said. “They use a cover for the discrimination or the retaliation that seems like it’s procedurally OK. And that’s what I thought was going on here.”In their responses to Brown’s lawsuit, both broadly deny his claims and argue that his termination and the representation he got from the union were above board.
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