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These links are provided as a source of potentially useful information for members.  LRO takes no position either with respect to the validity of the information or with respect to other purposes of the sponsoring persons or organizations.

Lucent Pension Service Center
P.O. Box 57576
Jacksonville, FL 32241-7576
Phone: 1-866-429-5764
TDD: 1-866-429-5765
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM ET


OTHER CONTACTS:

Social Security Administration
Office of Public Inquiries
6401 Security Blvd.
Room 4-C-5 Annex
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
1-800-772-1213
Internet: http://www.ssa.gov

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Office of Communications
1200 K Street N W
Washington, D.C. 20005-4026
1-202-326-4040
Internet: http://www.pbgc.gov/pubs.htm

U.S. Department of Labor/ERISA
Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20210
1-202-219-8776
Internet: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/
 

Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, and advocacy organizations to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private programs.

Benefitnews.com  is a complete online resource for benefits and HR professionals.

Benefits CheckUp  is a service to screen benefits for older adults.

National Pension Lawyers Network  can refer retirees to employee-benefits lawyers in your area.

American Academy of Actuaries operates a pension assistance list of actuaries.

SeniorJournal.Com  provides senior citizens news and information daily on the Web.

Benefits Link - is an independent website that provides free information and tools for benefit plan sponsors, service-providers and participants. 

United Benefits Advisors-  brings together the expertise, products, and services of many independent employee benefits firms. 

The Pension Rights Center, protecting and promoting retirement security.

Senior Discounts - Find the gold in the golden years. Health Insurance Options - a service to compare and buy health insurance.

KAISER NETWORK provides information on national health issues.

Medicare Rights Center  is the largest independent source of Medicare information and assistance in the United States.

Know Your Pension is an independent organization committed to providing resources and information with the objective to insure the health of pension funds.

Information From Other Retiree Organizations

Seniorark http://seniorark.com/index.htm  is a free, volunteer site, by seniors, for seniors.

The Senior Citizens League  has a mission to protect and defend the benefits senior citizens have earned.

The National Council on Ageing, a benefits checkup. The National Retiree Legislative Network

The Association of BellTel Retirees Inc., representing Verizon retirees and all their subsidiaries including, but not limited to NYTel, BellAtlantic, GTE and subsidiaries.

Association of US West Retirees Inc., representing US West and Quest retirees.


AT&T Retirees (ACER)

Coalition for Retirement Security - Links, score card and action center

Alliance for Retired Americans  is to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare  has a mission to protect and ensure the financial security, health, and the well being of maturing Americans.

The 60 Plus Association
 is a non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free enterprise, less government, less taxes approach to seniors issues.  

 

Lucent, Western Electric, AT&T, Bell Labs and other "Family" Links

The New Outlook Pioneers are an independent Pioneer group (no company sponsorship) comprised of the employees and retirees of Lucent Technologies, Avaya Communication, and Agere. The organization devoted to community service and member fellowship is 85,000 strong.  

Pension Services Center, the website for Lucent retirees' pension issues.  

Your Benefits Resources  the website for Lucent retirees' health care benefits.  

Lucent Savings Plan , the Fidelity Investments website for retirees with Lucent's 401K plan.

ATT's Retirement Center - Benefit, retirement, and other ex-employee services. 

Recent (2001) Lucent Retirees Message Board Posted information for recent retirees. 

AT&T Computer Systems ex-employee web site For those who worked before and after the NCR merger. 

Bell Labs Alumni Page - For the Bell Lab's site; mostly links to other Web sites, including some of those listed here. 

Teletype gathering place A message board for posting for those who worked at Little Rock and Skokie.  

LRO MEMBER FORUM- A message board for Lucent Retirees

Government Organizations

FirstGov.gov. is the official U.S. gateway to all government information and services.

Social Security Administration website - www.ssa.govYour Pension Rights - Department of Labor
Excellent coverage of all aspects of your rights under Federal law. The "Source of Plan Information" mid-way down is worth a read - it describes who and what needs to be disclosed.

Medicare-This is the official government website for people with Medicare.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)   protects the retirement incomes of Americans in private defined benefit pension plans.

Securities and Exchange Commission  endeavors to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets.

 

Links for the History Buff

AT&T's golden age may be past, but Golden Boy remains
Well-traveled icon has gained admirers, lost manhood along the way.
By Denise Pappalardo Network World, 08/30/04 

Teletype Little Rock Plant Website 

The History of AT&T - from the AT&T Web site

Central Office Equipment Memories - More than 500 photos of mostly central office equipment.

Club Western Electric / AT&T / Teletype / AT&T Computer Systems / Lucent Technologies / Lucent - NCR / Alcatel-Lucent - This site is intended primarily as a forum to connect (network) and maintain communication between past/active members of Western Electric / AT&T / Teletype/ Lucent Technologies / NCR / and Alcatel-Lucent.

Bell System Memorial -This non-commercial web site was created to help keep the memories of the Bell System alive and to pay tribute to those that made it the greatest telecommunications system on earth.

History of The Teletype Corporation Chicago / Skokie,Illinois, USA- More information about Teletype and its products.

The Telephone Guy - pictures, memorabilia  

Gallery of vintage telephone ads  spans the decades from the 1910s to the 1970s.

Hawthorne Works Historical Pictures.

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