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DEAR EDITOR:
The Delphi Salaried Retirees situation is far more complex than just “down to their last shot.” After nearly 12 years, I hope people know there’s much more at stake than just the very important legal battle.
The issues stem from a federal agency intentionally interpreting one word in one paragraph in the lengthy Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) they say allows them to take what workers earned in decades of service, without any opportunity to object, to check PBGC calculations, to have any transparency or accountability for that agency. One word.
How PBGC interprets that word creates a tremendous unknown for any worker promised a pension and sacrificed current income to pay for it. Even years after they terminate a pension plan they got the numbers wrong, as they did in our case, there is no turning back. They can do this to even healthy plans like ours was, by making up numbers they think authorizes them to take what we earned. Our plan’s fundi
less than a week until mid terms. wanted to take a moment for a segment we call mighty millennials, highlighting a generation of political candidates and in michigan s congressional district, millennials on both sides of the ticket. both women are running for the office for the first time. 35-year-old haylee stevens, former chief of staff on president obama s auto task force that helped save gm and chrysler. and 37-year-old lena absteen co chaired the trump campaign in michigan in 2016. cnn s forecast predicts the most likely outcome is that stevens will win and flip the district from red to blue. you can check the predictions for your district at cnn.com/forecast. already more than 20 million people have cast early ballots in the midterm elections. many of them will check a box for the record number of women running for office this year. and that was the inspiration for my series, american woman in politics. and i spent the last few months
others were dismayed by the election of donald trump. heard one speech from their outgoing boss and decided to do something about it. listen to this. in his farewell address, barack obama gave this challenge to his supporters. if you re disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures and run for office yourself. reporter: fast forward to 2018. i know. good to see you. reporter: they re doing just that. former obama white house staffers running in elections coast to coast. this is a district that s going to vote for haley stevens. reporter: haley stevens served as chief of staff on obama s auto task force during the 2009 bailout. i served in president obama s administration in a time of cris crisis. reporter: she s touting her experience in manufacturing pledging to bring jobs home to michigan. i ve taken on the big