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 […]
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Profile of US West/Qwest Retirees
By Clyde Just Originally published in Issue 3 – 2023 Retiree Guardian, newsletter of the CenturyLink Retirees Have you ever wondered about how many retirees from our company are still living? Well, […]
HRA NEWS FOR 2024!
Marina Pearson, Lumen Vice President of Benefits and Policy, has confirmed that there will be no changes to our HRA through 2024. Good news indeed!
Telephone People
The following was previously published in the 2019, Issue-2, of the Retiree Guardian. It is published here with the permission of the author, Don Warsavage. Don Warsavage’s ‘Person-to-Person’ Telephone People We were a culture. Through […]
Do you Know of Someone Financially Hurt by Pension Plan De-risking?
If you have not already received this request from the National Retiree Legislative Network, please read on. By Bill Kadereit As you may know from reading NRLN messages this year, one of […]
Pension Recoupment and Pension De-risking
National Retiree Legislative Network – Spring 2023 By Cynthia Hadsell In this issue, we’ll focus on two issues. Pension Recoupment and Pension De-risking. First, Pension Recoupment – recapture of pension overpayments by […]
LUMEN Form 10-K Observations
LUMEN Form 10-K Observations By Clyde Just – Board of Directors, CenturyLink Retirees We’ve had many questions from our members about how the company is doing. While there is no end of […]
“Pride Of The West” – A U S West video
U S West, the “Pride of the West” A video from 36 years ago. If you recognize anyone in the video let us know in the comments. https://videos.files.wordpress.com/nZtlkIwd/prideofthewest.mp4
Medicare Costs in 2023
(Previously published in the 2023, issue 1, Retiree Guardian) Medicare Costs in 2023 By Barbara Wilcox, SHIP Counselor Good news! Some Medicare costs are actually going down in 2023. These decreases plus […]
What’s New in Medicare
(Prevously published in the 2023, issue 1, of the Retiree Guardian) What’s New in Medicare By Barbara Wilcox, SHIP Counselor Changes are coming to Medicare which will reduce costs, enhance benefits and […]
