Delphi Salaried Retirees Request For Fax/E-Mail Assistance

 

February 26, 2010

Delphi Salaried Retirees Breaking News: http://forums.overthehillcarpeople.com/viewtopic.php?t=5321

 

Folks, Delphi Salaried Retirees need your help!  Please consider sending the letter below or your own version to President Obama.

Copy and paste to your e-mail and/or fax:

 

General Motors National Retiree Association

Over The Hill Car People, LLC


       Established 2003

 

5184 Caldwell Mill Road
Suite 204, Box 190
Hoover, Alabama  35244

February 26, 2010

Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20500

Dear Sir:

On October 26, 2009, we sent you a letter of support for all Delphi Salaried Retirees in their quest to have their pensions protected from PBGC administrative take over.  We again asked for your consideration for these salaried retirees and their families when you or your representatives attended the Delphi Salaried Retirees settlement conference held in Detroit federal court on February 18, 2010.  Our letters have not received a reply to date?

Now, we are requesting you join and support Congressional Leaders  Schumer, Gillibrand, Slaughter, Massa, Lee and Maffei to ensure equitable treatment for Delphi salaried retirees/employees.  Please see their letter at this link: http://forums.overthehillcarpeople.com/viewtopic.php?t=5321. 

We strongly urge you to act immediately to restore justice and equity concerning decisions involving termination of the Delphi salaried retiree pension plan.  Even the UAW has spoken out about the unconscionable decisions in this case, which reflect an obvious disregard for fair and equitable treatment for salaried retirees.  We have made several trips to visit with our representatives in Washington and in state capitols expressing the need to be just as vocal and attentive.

Please join these law makers and many of your other fellow members of government to take immediate steps to restore the Delphi salaried retiree pension benefits to the same level as that of their fellow UAW-represented retirees.  This is not an unreasonable request as all retirees should have equal treatment with their pension concerns.  In addition, we are acutely distressed by the growing trend in bankruptcy court to allow companies to cast off their obligations to salaried retirees.  These retirees and their families gave the best years of their lives to their employers. Now, in the interest of improving their bottom line, these same companies have turned their backs on retirees.  Salaried retirees earned their pensions and deserve better treatment in company bankruptcy reorganizations.

Please take action now so these American families will not unduly suffer in their retirement years.  They do not merit this unfair and unreasonable treatment!

Regards,

 

Jack Dickinson, President
GM National Retiree Association
Over The Hill Car People, LLC

 

 

February 12, 2010

Delphi salaried retirees are requesting your help by copying the fax at this link http://www.overthehillcarpeople.com/delphi_salaried_retirees_faxes_new.html and FAX it to all of the people listed below:

 

President Obama-- (202) 456-2461 - - - -The White House, District of Columbia 20500

Vice President Joe Biden-- (202) 456-2461

Jim Messina-- (202) 456-2461 --- Assistant White House "Chief of Staff"

Tim Geithner-- (202) 622-6415 --- Treasury Secretary

Ron Bloom-- (202) 622-6415 --- Automotive Task Force Chair -- US Manufacturing CZAR

Brian Deese-- (202) 456-2461 -- National Economic Council

Dr. Edward Montgomery ( At the Department of Labor )  Responsible to "Auto Towns" Recovery

 

You can change the fax as you deem necessary or you can use the sample letter below.  Whatever you decide please consider doing this before the February 18, 2010 District Federal Court Conference.  Details about this conference are listed below for your information.

On behalf of all Delphi Salaried Retirees, our thanks!

 

Cut and Paste this    Sample Letter

Dear Sir:

I strongly urge you to act immediately to restore justice and equity concerning decisions involving termination of the Delphi salaried retiree pension plan.

Even the UAW has spoken out about the unconscionable decisions in this case, which reflect a blatant disregard for fairness and a serious degradation of the U.S. judicial system.  Our representatives in Washington and in state capitols need to be just as vocal … and just as vigilant.

Please rally your fellow members of government to take immediate steps to restore the Delphi salaried retiree pension benefits to the same level as that of their fellow UAW-represented retirees. 

In addition, I am seriously alarmed by the growing trend in bankruptcy court to allow companies to shed their moral and ethical obligations to retirees who gave their all to their employers for decades in the interest of improving their "bottom line." Salaried retirees worked for many years to earn their pensions, and must be included on the list of debts that companies cannot shed at will through bankruptcy reorganizations.

It is my understanding you or your representative will be in attendance at the Delphi Salaried Retirees settlement conference to be held in Detroit federal court on February 18. Please take this opportunity to express your support of these retirees having their pensions restored.

Regards,

Your Name

 

This is a copy of the letter we sent from the association:

Delphi Salaried Retiree Letter Of Support #4

 

2-10-10: Judge Rejects GM, Government Requests for Delay; DSRA Attorneys Prepare for Feb. 18 Conference

Written by Chuck Cunningham & Michael Hissam for DSRA Legal Committee   

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 19:55

Our attorneys continue to prepare for the status and settlement conference to be held in Detroit federal court on February 18.  This past week, the Court entered an order setting February 16 as the date for the Federal defendants to answer our amended complaint.  This is significant because these defendants had also asked for a "stay" of the proceedings well beyond February 16, so as to assist GM in its illicit effort to shift some of our case to the bankruptcy court in New York City.  Our attorneys have strongly opposed those efforts to stay any aspect of our case, and so far the Federal Court in Detroit has rejected the Federal defendants' request.  We also believe that the court continues to work on an additional ruling on our preliminary injunction request.  At this point, the court order in effect is that the PBGC should escrow the difference between our reduced benefits and our full benefits.  While the PBGC has moved to amend or strike that order, the Court has not done so, and may be drafting a more comprehensive order directing the PBGC to respect our rights and preserve our funds in an escrow account.

 

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