Our Mission: To be a unifying force representing the needs of current and future Delphi Salaried Retirees and their families by: being a reliable source of pertinent information; communicating and promoting issues that are relevant to the Well Being of its members; and supporting the development of local groups focused on personal involvement in national and local issues.

In two recent instances President Biden made commitments on Delphi salaried pensions – during his campaign he told a TV reporter on September 30 (video) "I am going to do everything I can to figure out how they [Delphi salaried retirees] can be brought [into legislation].  Look, people worked like hell for their pensions.  My dad lost a pension when a company he worked for went out.  It’s not right ... they deserve their pension."  Then, in response to President Trump's October 22 memorandum, the Biden Campaign issued a statement that included: "As President, Biden will take action to help Delphi retirees."

In his Inaugural Address on January 20, 2021, President Biden said "Look, I understand that many of my fellow Americans view the future with fear and trepidation. I understand they worry about their jobs. I understand like my dad, they lay in bed wondering, can I keep my health care, can I pay my mortgage. Thinking about their families, about what comes next. I promise you, I get it."

The DSRA looks forward to continuing its dialog with the White House based on the presidential memorandum that was signed under the previous administration, directing the PBGC to review the Delphi Salaried Retirees pension plan.

      In September 2009, the DSRA sued the PBGC in Federal District Court in Detroit to challenge the PBGC’s then-recent termination of the Delphi Salaried Pension Plan.  The PBGC terminated the plan by simple agreement with Delphi, rather than through a court adjudication as required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

      In its lawsuit, the DSRA asserted that the termination: (1) violated ERISA and constitutional due process because it was accomplished without a court adjudication; and (2) is substantively insupportable because the PBGC had not satisfied the criteria for terminations that ERISA establishes, and instead ordered the Plan terminated to comply with the preference of then-President Obama's ad hoc Auto Task Force created under the U.S. Treasury Department.  For relief, the DSRA requested that the retirees be put in the position we would have been in had the termination not occurred, so that, at a minimum, the PBGC would now run the Plan and pay benefits as if the Plan had never been terminated.

      The DSRA tried for nearly a decade to just get facts from the government during the discovery phase of the lawsuit.  The process was fraught with delays caused by the PBGC and U.S. Treasury that very nearly resulted in both being sanctioned.  In March of 2019, the federal court in Detroit granted summary judgment to the PBGC, dismissing the DSRA’s claims.  The DSRA then appealed to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals which – on September 1, 2020 – upheld the District Court’s ruling.

      DSRA continues to believe the PBGC’s actions were unlawful, and we filed with the Court of Appeals on October 15 a petition for rehearing – by either the three-judge panel or the full Court – on several legal issues.  On November 11, the PBGC filed its Response to the DSRA Petition for Rehearing as requested by the court. The court then invited DSRA to submit a Supplemental Memorandum of Law, which was submitted to the court on January 12, 2021. The court has now directed the PBGC to provide its response by January 28.