Just short of the 9th year since the first organizational meeting, the Association signed up the 100,000th member, and a bonus, the 100,001st member – husband and wife. A Virginia couple, both retirees of the C & P Company, joined the Association and pushed our membership over the 100,000th mark. Margaret and Luther Becraft both… Read More »
RETIREE MEDIA RESPONSE TEAM APPLICANTS NEEDED
The Association is fully committed to raising the level of awareness about issues that affect its membership. But we need your help to continue these efforts. BellTel is frequently contacted by newspapers, magazines, television and radio outlets throughout the country looking to tell the story of retirees and the hardships they face. These requests come… Read More »
Retirees Defeat Verizon in Shareholder Proxy Proposal for Third Consecutive Year
March 21, 2005 — For the third consecutive year, leaders of the Association of BellTel Retirees (www.BellTelRetitrees.org) — an advocacy group made up of retirees from Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and its subsidiaries, have succeeded in altering the company’s corporate policies through the proposal of shareholder proxies. Verizon has agreed to change its corporate policy… Read More »
Verizon Pension & Healthcare Announcement
The reaction and outpouring of support for the managers who will be hurt as a result of the restructure of pension and healthcare benefits has been tremendous. Our office has received a huge number of calls and e-mails asking how Association members can help. Your Association is presently examining all of the options that are… Read More »
The Power of You – AARP Bulletin November 2007
The Power of You – AARP Bulletin November 2007 This month’s AARP Bulletin ran an article about shareholder activism and the power of individuals and groups, such as the Association of BellTel Retirees, in shaping corporate governance and curbing executive pay. Much of the article is right on target while some is a bit of… Read More »