Bill Text: OH SCR23 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: As Reported by the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee 128th General AssemblyRegular Session2009-2010Sub. S. C. R. No. 23 Senators Cafaro, Schiavoni [Track Bill]

Status: 2010-02-24 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR23 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SCR23-Comm_Sub.html

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As Reported by the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

Sub. S. C. R. No. 23

Senators Cafaro, Schiavoni 

Cosponsors: Senators Miller, D., Morano, Strahorn, Wilson, Turner, Sawyer, Carey, Grendell, Schaffer, Kearney 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To urge the President of the United States, the

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Secretary of the Treasury, the head of the

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President's Auto Task Force, and the members of

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the United States Congress to treat all of the

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General Motors-Delphi retirees fairly and

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equitably and provide for the full earned pensions

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and other post employment benefits in the same

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manner for all groups regardless of their

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representation and to charge any obligations that

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arise from providing the pensions and benefits to

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the general debt obligation of General Motors.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, In the General Motors-Delphi Corporation bankruptcy	12
proceedings, which were guided by the United States Treasury and	13
the President's Auto Task Force, all Delphi Corporation employee	14
pension funds were transferred to the Federal Pension Benefit	15
Guarantee Corporation; and	16

WHEREAS, The earned pensions of all Delphi retirees are part	17
of their promised compensation; and	18

WHEREAS, General Motors has agreed to fulfill the pension	19
plans of the Delphi hourly employees represented by the United	20
Auto Workers (UAW), the International Union of Electronic,	21
Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers-Communication	22
Workers of America (IUE-CWA), and the United Steel Workers (USW);	23
and	24

WHEREAS, General Motors has not agreed to fulfill the pension	25
plans of the Delphi salaried retirees and the Delphi hourly	26
retirees represented by the International Brotherhood of	27
Electrical Workers (IBEW), the International Association of	28
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), and the International	29
Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE); and	30

WHEREAS, Funds for the health care insurance promised as a	31
retirement benefit have been provided for the UAW, totally	32
eliminated for the Delphi salaried retirees, and greatly reduced	33
for the IUE-CWA, the USW, the IBEW, the IAMAW, and the IUOE; and	34

WHEREAS, This is unfair and inequitable treatment of the	35
different working groups and will lead to thousands of job losses	36
in the State of Ohio; and	37

WHEREAS, The Delphi retirees worked loyally, faithfully, and	38
beneficially for General Motors and the Delphi Corporation; and	39

WHEREAS, All of the Delphi retirees deserve equal treatment	40
from their federal government; now therefore be it	41

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	42
of the State of Ohio, hereby urge the President of the United	43
States, the Secretary of the Treasury, the head of the President's	44
Auto Task Force, and the United States Congress to treat all of	45
the General Motors-Delphi retirees fairly and equitably and	46
provide for the full earned pensions and other post employment	47
benefits in the same manner for all groups regardless of their	48
representation; and be it further	49

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	50
of the State of Ohio, hereby urge the President of the United	51
States, the Secretary of the Treasury, the head of the President's	52
Auto Task Force, and the United States Congress to charge any	53
monetary advances made to General Motors for the purpose of	54
complying with the recommendations of this resolution to the	55
general debt obligation of General Motors and to require General	56
Motors to repay such monetary advances under the terms of the debt	57
obligation General Motors has already incurred; and be it further	58

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	59
of the State of Ohio, urge General Motors to affirm any	60
obligations that arise out of complying with the recommendations	61
of this resolution; and be it further	62

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly	63
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the	64
United States, the Secretary of the Treasury, the head of the	65
President's Auto Task Force, the Speaker and the Clerk of the	66
United States House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore	67
and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of the	68
Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio.	69