U.S. Government Wrongfully Terminated Delphi Salaried Retirement Plan in 2009

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 19 February 2025 16:20
Published: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 12:30

BACKGROUND:  Delphi Corporation was the largest parts supplier to General Motors (GM) in 2009 when the Obama Administration created an Auto Team to save the U.S. auto industry during the Great Recession.  Leading GM through an unprecedented 40-day bankruptcy, the Auto Team decided that Delphi’s traditionally well-funded salaried pension plan should be terminated while hourly pension plans should be saved. But the Auto Team’s mission clashed with the mission that Congress gave to the PBGC.

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We Have Been Heard – "Regular Order" on Our Issue Has Been Satisfied – 7 Hearings Already – Now We Need Action to Right This Wrong

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Last Updated: Friday, 13 September 2024 13:57
Published: Monday, 12 August 2024 08:30
Between 2009 and 2013, Congress has held hearings seven times to look into the circumstances surrounding the termination of the Delphi salaried pension plan and how it was connected with the U.S. Government leading General Motors through its 40-day bankruptcy in 2009.
 
Hearing #1 — October 29, 2009
Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions Committee (Full Committee)
Pensions in Peril: Helping Workers Preserve Retirement Security Through a Recession
 
Hearing #2 — December 2, 2009
House Committee on Education and Labor
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions
Examining the Delphi Bankruptcy’s Impact on Workers and Retirees
 

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Nine Senators Ask for a Senate Finance Committee Hearing for The Susan Muffley Act of 2023

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Last Updated: Monday, 12 August 2024 13:12
Published: Saturday, 15 June 2024 12:30
In a recent letter, nine U.S. senators from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and one from Wisconsin, joined together in a bipartisan request for a hearing by the Senate Finance Committee.
The request is to Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Democratic chair, and ranking Republican member, of the Senate Finance Committee. The nine senators ask that the Committee hold a hearing on the Susan Muffley Act of 2023 (S.2277).
This is a positive step because some Senate leaders believe that "regular order" should be applied to The Susan Muffley Act. This term is defined as semi-strict or strict application of committee and subcommittee processes, including public hearing opportunities and the holding of multiple votes.

Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Mike Turner Press Conference — Supporting Delphi Salaried Retirees

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Last Updated: Thursday, 14 March 2024 22:40
Published: Wednesday, 28 February 2024 12:30
Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH-10) and Senator Brown (D-OH) held a press conference in Dayton, Ohio, on Monday February 26, 2024. They met with about 30 Delphi salaried retirees before the press conference, they emphasized that their focus right now is to gain support needed to hold a Senate Committee Hearing — reinforcing why outreach to Senate Republicans is so important, and must continue.
Thanks to Congressman Turner and Senator Brown for their bipartisan, bicameral representation and leadership for Delphi salaried retirees. Thanks to retirees Tom Green, Bruce Gump, Mary Miller, and Tom Rose for representing all our retirees at this event, and thanks to the retirees who were invited and able to attend and candidly express their concerns.

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