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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Mobile Billboard Advertising Campaign Kick Off
ProtectSeniors.Org begins National Ad Campaign to educate Congress and Retirees
Washington, D.C.
September 18, 2006
ProtectSeniors.Org, a national legislative and lobbying
organization created by the Association of BellTel Retirees to fight for
the protection of retiree economic benefits will kick off a two week,
seven state & District of Columbia mobile ad campaign in New York State.
Over the course of two weeks, the 8 x 16 foot mobile billboard will
travel through the streets and highways of New York, Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, New Jersey and Connecticut with
a message to the Members of the U.S. Congress. The mobile billboard
reads "Members of Congress, America's retirees are
watching...Pay Attention! We Vote!"
Here is the route - you are encouraged to come out and
participate:
- The kick off press conference was held in Mineola, Long Island,
NY at 10 am on Tuesday, September 19, at 100 Supreme Court Drive, South
Steps. Below, press gets an ear & eye full. Click for larger image view.
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BellTel VP & CFO Bob Rehm speaks with TV reporters |
 Retirees Peggy Cronin Hannan and Cathy Wilder hand out ProtectSeniors.Org brochures |
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 Bob Rehm hands out 50 brochures to John, an attorney who does volunteer work with Senior Center |
 Jim Casey explains HR1322 to Norfolk Retirees |
Click her to download on-air video clip of Jim's Norfolk Interview. (1megabyte file size) |
| See Trenton Clip | See New York Clip Tom Butler discusses Retire earned benefits |
- The billboard traveled south to Newark, DE and circulated through the Christiana Mall and made stops at Macys sometime between 2:30 and 3 pm on Tuesday.
- From there the billboard went to Baltimore, MD where it circulated and made a stop on Wednesday, September 20, at 1 E. Pratt Street at 10:30 am, near the Convention Center and across from the Verizon Maryland Headquarters Building for a press conference.
- We then traveled south to Washington, DC and circulated thoughout the city. A press Conference was held at 10 am Thursday, September 21 at the Cannon House Office Building on Independence Avenue.
- The billboard then continued south to Virginia with a stop for a press conference in Virginia Beach on Friday, September 22, at 10 am outside the Doubletree Hotel at 880 North Military Highway, Norfolk, VA.
- Richmond, VA was the next stop outside the Richmond Times Dispatch, 300 E. Franklin Street at 4:30 pm on Friday.
- On Saturday, September 23 a stop was made at 12 noon in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and then went on to Staunton, VA . At 4 pm it was in front of the News Leader at 4 pm.
- On Sunday we headed north into Pennsylvania and stopped in Carlisle, PA outside the Sentinel at 1:30 pm
- Monday we held a press conference in Trenton, NJ in front of the State House, 125 West State Street at 10 am.
- The billboard then traveled to Stamford, Connecticut and stop on Tuesday at 10 am at the Stamford Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd.
- Tuesday afternoon the billboard went to New York
City for a press conference at 26 Federal Plaza, between Duane/Worth
Street, off Broadway. The press conference was held at 2 pm.
The ad campaign was designed to highlight retirees' concerns regarding
Corporate America's elimination and reductions to retiree subsidized
healthcare and to draw attention to the formation of the activist group
earlier this year. For thousands of retirees, healthcare benefits have
been slashed or completely eliminated, forcing them to pay more of their
medical expenses out of pocket, return to the workforce on a part-time
or full-time basis or, in some cases, sell their homes.
Among ProtectSeniors.Org priorities in 2006 is the passage of H.R. 1322,
the Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act through Congress.
H.R. 1322 would make it illegal for a corporation to take away or
diminish health benefits earned by retirees and that were promised to
them during their working years in lieu of salary or hourly wages.
Retiree Healthcare benefits are an earned
benefit from employers, not a gift.
The time has come to reverse the national trend and make it illegal to
steal retirees' earned benefits. Retirees are now the single largest
voting block in America, we are getting stronger and we are determined
to make sure that our benefits are protected.
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