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The Retiree Blog

Annual Enrolment

Everyone who has signed up to receive email notifications from Lumen Health and Life Service Center should be recieving, or should have already received, an email notice regarding the details of the upcoming Annual Enrollment.  (Nov. 8 – Nov. 22, 2023) If you have not received that email, you can find the notice on your…

Important Information Regarding Retiree Concession

This month Century Link sent a brief notice to retirees under the heading “Important Information Regarding Your Employee Concession.” Because the information contained in the notice referred to Employee Concession and the details provide were somewhat limited and led to confusion, Retiree Ombudsman Jim Heinze contacted representatives in the CTL concession department. Together with those…

Lead-Sheathed Cables in Telecom Networks

By LUMEN Benefits “Recently a national publication ran a story about the presence of lead-sheathed cables in telecom networks. This is an industry issue, and we will be engaged in this important conversation over the coming months. The safety and well-being of our current and former employees is and will continue to be one of…


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The CenturyLink Retirees (previously AUSWR) is a founding member of the National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN). The NRLN is a nonpartisan, grassroots federation of retiree organizations working at the national level, lobbying Congress to protect and enhance retiree health and pensions benefits.

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