Chapter Highlight

DuPont and Dow Chemical Company announced on December 11, 2015, that their boards of directors had approved an agreement for a “merger of equals.” Naturally, this plan raised concerns about the security of retiree pensions and other benefits, and we needed a mechanism to organize and communicate with the over 100,000 retirees. Paul Kende and I then began a dialogue…

Our Chapter is part of the National Retiree Legislative Network (the NRLN), which actively pursues legislative changes that will improve the retirement for its members, and for all retirees. The NRLN’s twice annual meeting was held in Washington DC on September 15 through 18, 2024. In addition to a Board Meeting, the NRLN uses this opportunity to actively pursue in…

By March 2009, GM had received billions of dollars in federal government loans and news stories were asking what would happen if GM went bankrupt. That month NRLN helped with the formation of the General Motors Retirees Association.  John Christie was the founding President of GMRA and its website was launched on March 20, 2009. John was elected to the…

Lucent/Nokia Retirees Chapter Has a Long History with NRLN by Joe Sciulli, President, Lucent/Nokia Retirees Chapter The Lucent Retirees Organization (LRO) was formed in January 2003 for retirees from Lucent Technologies which was a spinoff of Western Electric/AT&T Network Systems and Bell Labs. Soon after the formation of LRO it joined the National Retirees Legislative Network (NRLN). Bill Kadereit was…

Avaya, a corporate telecommunications company, was created on October 2, 2000, as a spin-off from Lucent Technologies. The NRLN Avaya Retirees Chapter was formed in April 2016 because retirees were concerned that their pension plan was underfunded by 30 percent.  On Jan.19, 2017, Avaya filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the first of two times. The bankruptcy court accepted Avaya’s petition…

NRLN CHAPTER HIGHLIGHT | DUPONT RETIREES CHAPTER Chapter Highlight | DuPont Retirees Chapter by National Retiree Legislative Network October 10, 2024 DuPont and Dow Chemical Company announced on December 11, 2015, that their boards of directors had approved an agreement for a “merger of equals.” Naturally, this plan raised concerns about the security of retiree pensions and other benefits, and…