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Open enrollment for Alcatel-Lucent retirees will begin shortly. While things are not perfect I am proud of the fact that the Union members of the Joint Retiree Healthcare Committee were able to actually lower the premiums for the post 65 retirees and hold steady the premiums for the pre-65 retirees instead of increasing them the ½ percent the contract calls for.

We received the following from Alcatel Lucent regarding the 2008 US Holiday Schedule.

Emergency Access to Pharmacy Benefit and Cost Share Waiver Program for Members affected by the Southern California Wildfires

Thank you very much for your solidarity message. It is heartwarming to have such a good international trade-union understanding

The application period for the 2008/2009 school year CWA/IBEW/Alcatel-Lucent Academic Awards Program is now open.