Association of BellTel Retirees, Inc.

Summer 2016 – BellTel towers above NYC’s Times Square

New York City’s Times Square is known as the Crossroads of the World and the Great White Way. It is home to Broadway’s biggest stars of yesterday and today, and entertains millions throughout the year. Annually over one million people gather there to watch the ball drop and welcome in the New Year.   We… Read More »

BellTel Chairman addresses over 1,000 at union rally in Trenton, NJ.

Association of BellTel Retirees Chairman Jack Cohen was invited to address a rally of more than 1,000 striking Verizon workers at the State House in Trenton. Cohen told the assembled crowd about the Association’s shareholder proxy campaign, which would cause the company to limit Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam’s potential $40 million golden parachute. “That’s right,”… Read More »

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 – 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 »

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