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CenturyLink email account – SCAM

The SCAM email, below, has been circulating amongst our retiree population, unfortunately to the detriment of a few of them.  The link provided to “Upgrade Your Account Now” is not for CenturyLink, […]

A message from Bill Kadereit, President, NRLN

NRLN Has Advocated Cheaper Drugs from Canada. Now Floridians Will Benefit. For many years the NRLN has advocated the need to lower the price of prescription drugs, including allowing the importation of […]

“Hello Girls” – Women Telephone Operators during WWI

From the National Archives and The Unwritten Record blog The Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit, known as the “Hello Girls”, was a unit of women who operated telephone switchboards, sworn into […]

“Woman Workers – Telephone Girl”

“Woman Workers – Telephone Girl” The Omaha Bee, August 12, 1900 This article was originally published in the September 2023, Issue 3, of the Retiree Guardian. Newsletter of the CenturyLink Retirees. To the […]

Lumen Going Green Initiatives

Lumen Going Green Initiatives By Michele Freese, Lead Benefits Analyst This article was originally published in the September 2023, Issue 4, of the Retiree Guardian. Newsletter of the CenturyLink Retirees. Lumen is committed […]

Recent Changes in Medicare

Recent Changes in Medicare By Barbara Wilcox, SHIP Counselor This article was originally published September 26, 2023, in Issue 4 of the Retiree Guardian. Newsletter of the CenturyLink Retirees. — We hope […]

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 […]

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 […]