Delphi retirees will appeal ruling on health care benefits

Delphi salaried retirees are continuing to fight for their health care benefits even though a judge has ruled against them.

The Delphi Salaried Retirees Association is planning to appeal the ruling and is forming a committee to look for some retirees that may be able to keep their benefits.

Judge Robert Drain of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York on Tuesday approved Delphi’s request to stop paying health care and life insurance benefits to salaried retirees April 1. However, Drain said the retirees can form a committee to investigate if certain retirees, such as those who were on disability before their retirement, have the right to negotiate benefit cuts with the company.

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