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Lawmakers step into Delphi pension case
Benefits Pro ^ | 7-18-14 | Benefits Pro

Posted on 07/21/2014 3:03:07 PM PDT by TurboZamboni

The pensions of retired salaried workers at Delphi have been in limbo since they were assumed by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. This week, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and three more Democratic lawmakers from Ohio sent a letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, urging him to intervene on behalf of Delphi retirees. “The 20,000 members of the salaried plan have been waiting for almost five years for a final benefit determination from the PBGC. Recent comments from the PBGC have suggested that the agency has yet to take basic initial steps towards making such a determination,” wrote the Ohio lawmakers. In 2009, Delphi was spun-off from General Motors prior to the auto giant filing for bankruptcy. As a condition of the government’s bailout, GM made Delphi’s union employees’ pensions whole.

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1 posted on 07/21/2014 3:03:07 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni

Thanks, Barack!


2 posted on 07/21/2014 3:08:37 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: TurboZamboni

You can keep your pension.


3 posted on 07/21/2014 3:28:13 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

Only ‘if you like it’.

(and you vote the right way and NSA finds no donations to FR)


4 posted on 07/21/2014 3:32:00 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni

Lol. Of course.

Wonder if donations to the FR are tax deductible? :)


5 posted on 07/21/2014 3:42:52 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: TurboZamboni

PBGC is incompetent. The place is full of Peter Principle graduates.


6 posted on 07/21/2014 4:16:08 PM PDT by upchuck (Peace in the Middle East? Only after Jesus returns. All else is hot air and violence.)
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To: dhs12345
Wonder if donations to the FR are tax deductible? :)

Of course they are... ...aren't they?????

7 posted on 07/21/2014 5:09:36 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H
Lol. Definitely. And I bet the IRS/NSA (now one organization) would love to know about them.
8 posted on 07/22/2014 6:50:39 AM PDT by dhs12345
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