House Passes Package of Bills to Cover Delphi's Injured Workers

By Peter MantiusNorthern Bureau ChiefA series of bills that would cover about $42 million in stranded workers’ compensation claims from more than 350 former employees of the auto parts giant Delphi breezed through the Michigan state House of Representatives behind a coalition of supporters that includes the United Auto Workers and the state Chamber of Commerce.“Everybody is very supportive so far,” said Micheal Compagnoni, legislative director for Rep. Brad Jacobsen, R-Oxford, sponsor of the package's centerpiece, HB 5489. “I don’t foresee it being a figh...