Vern Larson, President, Avaya Retirees Chapter – NRLN, and his wife Rose, a former IBEW member, serve as an example for the importance of Medicare Guaranteed Issue Rights (GIRs) for Avaya and other retirees. In 2023, after several years of collective bargaining attempts by two international unions and Avaya management, approximately 12,000 Avaya retirees were notified that the parties reached…