The Association of BellTel Retirees, Inc. advocates for more than 230,000 Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, GTE, MCI, Idearc/SuperMedia, and Verizon union and management retirees. The association also represents active Verizon employees regarding retiree issues, such as cash balance plan conversions and termination of management pension and healthcare benefits.
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Corporations have been cutting back on retiree pensions and healthcare coverage. The Association’s advocacy works to prevent widespread cuts for Verizon and SuperMedia retirees.
The 128,000 members of the Association of BellTel Retirees have banded together to fight for the protection of retirees. The association believes that with all retirees acting together they can achieve pension inflation protection and, through congressional action, restore and protect the healthcare benefits that have been chiseled away through passage of federal retiree healthcare protection legislation.
In 2006, Verizon retirees from the association founded ProtectSeniors.Org, which lobbies for retiree-friendly legislation, specifically the Earned Retiree Healthcare Benefits Protection Act (H. R. 1322).
In a class federal action lawsuit, participants in Verizon’s (VZ) pension plans who were involuntarily transferred to Idearc’s pension plans in November 2006 have pending claims of ERISA violations including:
The Association of BellTel Retirees can be found on Facebook.