The Occupational Safety and Health Act was enacted in 1971, creating the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This critical push for workers’ health and safety, and the agency designed to enforce it, makes sure employers weren’t continuing to put their employees into any risky health situations on the job. OSHA is a law… Read More »

In late June, longtime BellTel Board Member, Don Kaufmann wrote to the leadership of U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council – about one month before it held hearings to address the growing concern of de-risking. He was one of the 41,000 Verizon Retirees spun off in 2012. Since that time this same thing has… Read More »

In late July, Association Special Counsel Edward Stone had the opportunity to testify before the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council in Washington D.C. He appeared on behalf of our Association of BellTel Retirees, Retirees for Justice, along with the Association of DuPont Retirees, and GE Retiree Solutions. The ERISA Advisory Council is… Read More »

In July 2023, the Wall Street Journal investigative unit published Legacy of Lead, a landmark editorial series of some ten news stories, addressing how “America is Wrapped in Miles of Toxic Lead Cables”. The series spotlights AT&T, Verizon, Bell Labs, Western Electric, Frontier, Lumen Technologies and the role they and other companies had with the… Read More »