Rep. Turner reintroduces, Kildee, others co-sponsor Susan Muffley Act in U.S. House; resumes bipartisan effort to recover, restore Delphi Salaried Pension Plan

DSRA News Release February 2, 2023Contact: Michael Hissam

Delphi Salaried Retirees Association (DSRA) Chairman Bruce Gump today applauded Congressional Representatives Mike Turner (R‑Ohio), Dan Kildee (D‑Mich.), Claudia Tenney (R‑N.Y.) and Gwen Moore (D‑Wisc.) for their bipartisan plans to resubmit the Susan Muffley Act legislation to the 118th Congress to recover the pension plan for nearly 20,000 Delphi Salaried Retirees. Their pension plan had been terminated in 2009 during the unprecedented involvement of the US Treasury in the auto Industry, and without any representation for the salaried workers.

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Susan Muffley Act (2022) Passed by The House of Representatives

THE HOUSE VOTE HAS BEEN RECORDED — 254 YEA, 175 NAY — The Susan Muffley Act H.R.6929 has passed, and moves to the Senate.

Thanks to the initiative of Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) along with Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Rep Tim Ryan (D-OH), and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), and for the thousands of phone calls and emails submitted personally by the affected retirees to get past this hurdle — at this point a brief celebration is in order, but we are now moving on to consolidate this achievement in the Senate. 

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Office of The President Support for The Susan Muffley Act (2022)

In the course of the passage of The Susan Muffley Act through the House of Representatives a Statement of Administrative Policy was issued by the Executive Office of The President in support of the act,
This aligns with President Biden's supportive comments regarding the rightful recovery of Delphi salaried retirees' pensions that he made during his campaign and since being elected.

UAW President Writes Congressional Letter Urging Passage of Act to Restore Delphi Pensions

UAW President Ray Curry Writes Congressional Letter Urging Passage of the Susan Muffley Act to Restore the Pensions of Salaried Delphi Employees. ~ “Congress has an opportunity to restore full pension benefits to over 20,000 salaried Delphi employees. These hard working coworkers of UAW members suffered significant losses to their earned benefits, with some losing as much as 70% of their benefits. We strongly urge Congress to pass this legislation that would pay the difference between the pension benefits earned by Delphi salaried retirees and what they received following the GM bankruptcy in 2009. It is long overdue.” ...     UAW letter of support