JOIN US FOR OUR 2022 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022! WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE BACK AND IN-PERSON ON LONG ISLAND AT FOX HOLLOW CATERING IN WOODBURY, NY! Come connect with former coworkers on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 in Long Island, NY! The day will begin at 8:30am with a continental breakfast… Read More »
Archives for July 2022
Toxic Connections: The 1975 Tel Co Fire & 9/11
As this May approached, Association of BellTel Retirees Chairman Thomas Steed traveled to the site of the 1975 New York Telephone Company Fire, accompanied by Retired FDNY firefighter Dan Noonan, a member of the first fire company at that horrific fire scene, along with 9/11 community legal advocate Michael Barasch to discuss toxic connections. … Read More »
12 Proxy Wins: It Matters!
Your Association of BellTel Retirees kicked off 2022 with three different proxy proposals for the Verizon Annual Shareholder Meeting. Within days, we achieved a victory by successfully negotiating our first measure to become a new Verizon policy, expanding the role of the Human Resources Committee beyond executive pay. With the first post-pandemic Verizon Annual Meeting… Read More »
Impact of Latest Proxy Win
In January, your Association of BellTel Retirees achieved its first 2022 bylaw change victory in advance of the Verizon Annual Meeting. In doing so we successfully negotiated one of our three retiree proxy measures to become a new corporate policy. Why the change? The bylaw amendment requires the Verizon Board of Directors’ Human Resources Committee… Read More »
Restore Earned Benefits for Retirees
In 2021 the Association of BellTel Retirees formed a strategic alliance with Retirees for Justice to further the Association’s leadership role in fighting to protect and restore earned benefits for retirees and their families. Thanks to the support of your Association, Retirees for Justice has been able to communicate its core principles to key policy… Read More »
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