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Archives for March 2016

Association’s Proxy Voting Recommendations for 2016

Click here to review the Association’s Proxy Voting Recommendations for 2016   The Association has a long history of actively attacking senior management compensation excesses and poor corporate governance.  A healthy Verizon is extremely important to our Association, employees, retirees, customers and investors.  We feel that correction of such practices will benefit all stakeholders.  We… Read More »

BellTel Retiree – Spring 2016 – Retiree News and Notes – Texas

On the morning of January 6, 2016, I made my second visit to the GTE/Verizon Breakfast Group in Grapevine, Texas.  No, I did not travel from Long Island, New York or from Easton, Maryland.  I moved to Frisco, Texas in 2013.  The breakfast group meets almost every Wednesday morning at the Waffle Way, 1206 West… Read More »

BellTel Retiree – Spring 2016 – Proxy 2016: Retirees Fight Against Even More Verizon Executive Golden Parachutes

Verizon retiree leaders are waging a proxy challenge to an accounting gymnastics loophole in the mega telecom’s “golden parachute” rule.  This rule allows Verizon’s CEO and other top executives to walk away with multi-million dollar termination payouts as high as $37 million. Association of BellTel Retirees Inc. (www.belltelretirees.org), Chairman Jack Cohen has introduced a proposal… Read More »

BellTel Retiree – Spring 2016 – Verizon Business News

Verizon looks to sell off its data center business  Verizon plans to sell its data center business in a potential $2.5 billion deal, according to Reuters. One source who spoke to Reuters said Verizon’s business center assets include 48 data centers, which currently generate earnings of about $275 million.  Despite the fact that Verizon acquired Terremark, a… Read More »

BellTel Retiree – Spring 2016 – Retiree News and Notes – Geezers Luncheon

On January 15, 2016, Board members John Hyland and Jack Cohen met with a retire club from Putnam County to discuss retiree issues at the Eveready Diner in Brewster, New York. [slideshow_deploy id=’653′]            

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