Life insurance is crucial — so what happens if the insurance company goes bust? Joining us to speak about this very issue is Edward Stone, BellTel’s Special Legal Counsel and the Executive Director of Retirees for Justice! Stone joins us to discuss the failure of a major regional insurance company that recently filed for liquidation.… Read More »

How can telecom retirees band together to protect their hard-earned pensions and benefits? And how does a qualified charitable distribution work anyway? Our latest episode of “The Bell Effect” podcast introduces you to Laura Whitlock, who has become an active and dynamic volunteer with the Association of BellTel Retirees, serving as a board director of… Read More »

We are excited to announce the reboot of “The Bell Effect,” a podcast dedicated to the generations of workers who helped build this country’s great communications infrastructure. In our latest episode, we hear from your Association’s leaders about the fallout from Verizon’s massive 2024 pension risk transfer deal, a $5.9 billion transaction that offloaded the… Read More »