A federal bankruptcy judge has delayed until Friday a hearing on Delphi Corp.'s request for permission to scrap its labor contracts and impose lower wages and benefits on its workers. The company said in a statement on its Web site that the hearing, previously scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, had been delayed until 10 a.m. Friday before bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in New York. The change came as Delphi and its former parent company, General Motors Corp., continued to negotiate with the United Auto Workers and other unions representing Delphi's hourly workers.
See "Bankruptcy judge postpones Delphi hearing", Tom Krisher, Chicago Tribune, August 16, 2006