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THE LUCENT RETIREES ORGANIZATION (LRO) was chartered in January 2003 in the state of New York. Its purpose is to address the interests of 127,000 individuals under the Lucent pension plan that embodies all Lucent and Bell Labs retirees, including those who retired when the company was known as Western Electric and/or AT&T Network Systems, plus subsidiaries such as Teletype and Sandia.
The LRO was formed to leverage members' Lucent stock ownership power, their long-standing and influential relationships not only with Lucent but with Lucent's customers and their influence with lawmakers and regulators. The LRO wants to assist Lucent in returning to its former position as the premier telecommunications leader in the world.
The organization endeavors to safeguard the pensions and benefits that Lucent has committed to provide its retirees, spouses and dependents. In addition, the LRO helps its members and their families with issues relating to their pensions, benefits, Social Security, Medicare and other aspects that impact their quality of life.
We currently have over 12,000 members. LRO membership is open to current retirees with a Lucent pension, a person vested for a Lucent pension, or the spouse of any such retiree or vested person. The LRO is incorporated as a non-profit organization. JOIN US to become an LRO member.
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The LRO has recently had emails from Lucent retirees about the failure of some to receive the information on the recent lump sum buyout of former employees who had earned a deferred vested pension. It appears that one primary reason for these delays is that these people have not always advised Lucent of address changes.
One reason for this problem is that some of us may have no ongoing need for contact with Lucent whereas others receive healthcare information, W2s, 1099s and other mailings. It is always important to let Lucent know when you change addresses. This would be a good time to do it if you have moved to a new location. Contact Lucent at Alcatel-Lucent Pension Service Center(PSC) @ 866-429-5764.
The administration of the settlement is now complete. Class Counsel and the Settlement Administrator, Heffler Radetich & Saitta, LLP, appreciate very much your patience as we worked to make sure that all funds were distributed correctly and that as large a portion of the funds as possible reached the intended beneficiaries. To see previous status reports on the medical settlement, go to legal actions under archives.
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Because of the positive response of our members to the History Corner pieces in our recent newsletters (THE LRO CONNECTION), we have decided to re-create them on our website where they can be accessed at any time by clicking on the HISTORY CORNER tab on the navigation bar, or by clicking here. We plan to continue with additional pieces on WECO, BTL, and TELETYPE and persons of note. If you have historical information, send to Gary Reichow at greichow@hotmail.com
The LRO Connection spring newsletter is now available for viewing and can be accessed by clicking here. This issue celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of the LRO and pays tribute to the early leaders whose vision and hard work helped to grow this organization. You will also find a year-end 2012 update on pension funding, as well as background information on legislative issues pursued through the NRLN. The History Corner article features a look back at the Oklahoma City Works.
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Are you seeking to learn more about the current state of the offered Health Care Programs, current-funding levels of the Pension program, and our 2013 Legislative agenda? Are you interested in meeting the LRO leadership team? Then this is your opportunity to learn and ask your questions to the LRO leaders.Alcatel-Lucent's innovations are helping to realize the potential of a connected world. It starts with the birth of modern communications through archived footage of the invention of the phone, right into the future where communications are empowering people, bringing them together, like never before. Below is an Alcatel-Lucent YouTube video on the future of communications.
Recently you received the Annual Funding Notice (AFN) that Alcatel-Lucent and all companies that have defined benefit plans are required to send to all participants in their plans, once a year. (If you have not yet received your copy you might want to check with the Pension Center to be sure they have your current address). The purpose of this Notice is to provide all pension plan participants with the current funding levels of their respective plan.
The first reporting shown on the AFN is the “Funding Target Attainment Percentage,” which is designed to show the funding level of the plan on an actuarial basis as of January 1st of the preceding year (or 16 months prior to the AFN reporting date). The funding level of our management plan as shown is 117.8%, which is an increase of 17.8% from the previous year. At the beginning of 2012, plan assets were $17.8 billion, and liabilities were $ 15.1 billion thus the funding level of 117.8%.
Why such a significant increase year over year?
50% of the increase in assets resulted from the transfer of about 10,400 former spouses of represented employees during 2011 from the Represented Pension Plan to the Management Plan. This transfer within the Master Trust (there is only one trust for both plans) allowed ALU to move assets from one to the other in lieu of cash contribution to the Management Plan. Substantially all of the reduction in liabilities resulted from Congressional action in 2012 that allowed companies to use a discount rate that was designed to improve funding levels during our recent economic troubles, and possibly allow them not to be required to make cash infusions into their plans. Without this new law, the funding percentage on the AFN would have been at 100% or below.
Also provided in the AFN is the number of participants in the plan; however these numbers are sixteen months old. Total participants were 107,948 which is an increase of 8,271 which is primarily the transferred surviving dependents of represented employees.
The important fact for our retirees is that our pension plan is essentially fully funded under current regulations and there is little risk of our not receiving our promised pensions.
Frank C. Minter (fcminter@aol.com)
LRO Pension Director
We are happy to share with you that Alcatel-Lucent (A-L) Corporate Benefits has advised us that effective April 1, the monthly premium for the Management Medicare Advantage UnitedHealthcare (UHC) PPO Healthcare Plan will be reduced from the current single coverage of $54.09 to $38.00. That’s a reduction of $16.09 or ~30% and is less than the premium of $40.03 paid in 2012. This is a positive outcome for approximately 35,000 retirees, including dependents, under the plan. The reason for this reduction is that UHC has advised A-L that the claims experience in this plan has been considerably less than forecasted. The LRO appreciates that A-L has passed the savings on to the retirees and their dependents. The premiums for the other A-L healthcare plans remain the same. Retirees under this plan will be receiving notification of change in the mail.
Further, A-L advises that open enrollment went smoothly and approximately 200 retirees opted out of the PPO Plan for 2013, while about 100 came back into the Plan who had earlier opted out. They were pleased by the substantial increase in the number of those who enrolled on line when compared with previous years open enrollment activity. They report that approximately 75% of Management Plan participants enrolled on line in 2012 vs. 56% in 2011.
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Monthly information regarding the total number of voting rights and the total number of shares of the Company
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The Dull Task of Decoding 401(k) Fees Matters
By Carl Richards; The New York Times ~ May 06, 2013
Alcatel-Lucent Announces Copper Connectivity and SPB Interoperability
By Sean Michael Kerner; Enterprise Networking Planet ~ May 06, 2013
Is Obama’s New Index the Right Fix for Social Security?
By Ed Dolan, Wall St. Cheat Sheet – May 5, 2013
Reverse-Mortgage Defaults Increasing
By Anne Tergesen; The Wall Street Journal ~ May 05, 2013
Obamacare is on the horizon, but will enough people sign up?
By David Morgan; Reuters ~ May 05, 2013
Funds to help uninsured choose health-care options could affect how many get coverage
By Phil Galewitz; The Washington Post ~ May 04, 2013
Par Pharmaceutical Nabbed: Put Older Patients At Risk With Weight-Gain Drug Megace ES
By Bill Hogan; AARP Bulletin ~ May 2013
Obamacare Already 'Hurting Jobs and Paychecks,' Republican Senator Says
By Susan Jones; Cybercast News Service ~ May 03, 2013
Left boils as Obama floats major change to Medicare
By Elise Viebeck; The Hill ~ May 04, 20
Tea Party looks to ObamaCare for new life in 2014 election cycle
By Elise Viebeck; The Hill ~ May 02, 2013
Advocates Head To Court To Overturn Medicare Rules For Observation Care
By Susan Jaffe; Kaiser Health News ~ May 03, 2013
States fear loss of health care aid
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, AP; The Scranton Times Tribune ~ May 03, 2013
Medicaid expansion stalls in red states
By Kyle Cheney & Jason Millman; Politico ~ May 02, 2013
Schumer: ObamaCare could raise premiums
By Elise Viebeck; The Hill ~ May 03, 2013
House GOP Eyes Another Obamacare Repeal Vote ‘Soon’
By Sahil Kapur; Talking Points Memo ~ May 03, 2013
Big insurers wary of entering new Obamacare markets
By Caroline Humer; Reuters ~ May 02, 2013
Healthcare law opponents sue Obama officials over IRS rules
By Patrick Temple-West; Reuters ~ May 02, 2013
Obama has a sweet retirement deal. Will you?
By Allan Sloan; The Washington Post ~ May 02, 2013
Preying on pensions
By Michelle Singletary; The Washington Post ~ May 02, 2013
Reid: More funding needed to prevent ObamaCare from becoming 'train wreck'
By Alexander Bolton; The Hill ~ May 01, 2013
Democrats fret over Obamacare as 2014 looms
By David Nather & Darren Samuelsohn; Politico ~ Apr 30, 2013
Survey: Most U.S. clueless about Affordable Care Act
United Press International ~ May 01, 2013
Column: Retirees and debt: How to avoid the worst traps
By Mark Miller; Reuters ~ May 01, 2013
Networking Industry Leaders to Showcase Shortest Path Bridging Interoperability at Interop 2013
Telecom Reseller ~ May 01, 2013
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