The Economic Policy Institute released a report this week showing that significant numbers of Americans over 50 endure difficult working conditions, including physically taxing, dangerous and stressful jobs — jobs that often don’t even pay enough to allow them to ever retire.... Read more
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Tuesday to continue talks about raising ... Read more
Alliance members joined Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, MSW, Ph.D., Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), on Wednesday for an Older Americans Month Retiree Town Hall webinar. The Acting Commissioner discussed why Social Security is vital to Americans of all age... Read more
Monday, May 1 was not only the first day of Older Americans Month, it was also May Day, (International Workers’ Day). Throughout May, Alliance members across the country are celebrating seniors’ contributions to the nation and using the occasion to recognize the power of olde... Read more
President Biden invited the "big four" congressional leaders – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Leader Jeffries and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – to the White House next week, after the federal government's debt managers warned Co... Read more
The Alliance's annual Retirement Security Symposium will be on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. All Alliance members will be invited to attend virtually. The annual event brings together governm... Read more
Social Security: Our Earned Benefits (video) Social Security: Our Earned Benefits presentation (.pdf) Social Security: Our Earned Benefits presentation (.ppt) &n... Read more
On Tuesday President Biden formally announced his plans to run for reelection in 2024, citing the need to take on MAGA extremists who are "[c]utting Social Security that you’ve paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy." “President Biden has been s... Read more
Republicans in the U.S. House passed a bill on Wednesday to cut federal spending dramatically and unwind many of President Biden’s recent economic accomplishments, pairing those provisions with a plan to raise the debt ceiling until 2024. H.R. 2811, called the "Limit, Save, ... Read more
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