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Telephone Company Retirees Meeting on Long Island
The Association of BellTel Retirees is hosting a meeting on Long Island on April 24th to discuss important retirement concerns.
On Wednesday, April 24, telephone company retirees from throughout New York will gather for an open discussion about key issues that impact their collective retirement futures. The event is free and sponsored by the Association of BellTel Retirees, a non-profit group that works to protect the pensions and benefits of over 134,000 Verizon retirees.
The free event will take place Wednesday April 24th, 2019 at 1PM at VFW Post #7763– 1012 Park Boulevard – Massapequa Park, NY 11762. To RSVP, one can email association@belltelretirees.org or call the Association of BellTel Retirees office toll-free at 1-800-261-9222.
The meeting will address several salient issues relating to retirement benefits, including: pension protection; the dangerous trend of companies selling off or de-risking retirees pension assets; retiree health benefit reductions; important retiree legislation; shareholder proxy proposals; sickness/death benefits and more.
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Recent and longtime Verizon retirees alike are welcomed and encouraged to participate.
Founded in 1996, the Association of BellTel Retirees has over 134,000 members from across the nation, many in the local area. It fights to protect retirees’ earned pensions and health care benefits. Members include both union and former managers from Verizon and the old Bell System companies, including NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, New England Telephone, New York Telephone, MCI, GTE, Verizon Directory Operations (now IDEARC/Supermedia) and more. For more information about the Association of BellTel Retirees call (800) 261-9222 or www.BellTelRetirees.org
