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• Stand up to the American Legislative Exchange Council and Protect Pensions

  March 14, 2014: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a corporate-funded, “pay-to-play” lobbying group that brings corporations and state legislators together to craft “model” legislation. The “model bills” they craft, r Read More >

• With Earned Pension Benefits on the Line, Retirees Call on Congress to Pass the Butch Lewis Act

  June 11, 2019: By Richard Fiesta Executive Director, Alliance for Retired Americans The stakes couldn’t have been higher today for 1.3 million Americans when the House Education and Labor Committee approved H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation Read More >

• President Roach, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Work Together to Address Retirement Security

  May 13, 2019: Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr. attended a labor listening session with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX) recently hosted by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). President Roach sa Read More >

• Alliance Endorses Miners Pension Protection Act

  May 07, 2019:   The UMWA 1974 Pension Plan has been decimated by a series of coal company bankruptcies and is projected to go insolvent in 2022. The miners, who risked their lives for years to provide a key source of energy to the na Read More >

• NY State Attorney General Letitia James Addresses New York State Alliance

  April 30, 2019: “Tish” James, attorney general of the state of New York, delivered a powerful address at the annual conference of the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans (NYSARA) on April 18, 2019 (Listen to her remarks courtesy of Read More >

• Elizabeth Marafino’s Testimony for “Protecting and Improving Social Security: Benefit Enhancements” Hearing

  March 14, 2019: Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans President Elizabeth Marafino recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee's Subcommittee on Social Security regarding its hearing “Protecting a Read More >

• Statement on Improving Retirement Security for America’s Workers

  February 22, 2019: The Alliance for Retired Americans recently submitted comments to the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee regarding its hearing "Improving Retirement Security for America's Workers" on February 6, 2019. The co Read More >

• 52% of Older Workers Forced into Involuntary Retirement

  October 12, 2018: by Teresa Ghilarducci, Retirement Equity Lab Teresa Ghilarducci is an economist and retirement expert at the Retirement Equity Lab, an affiliate of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. September 2018 Unemploy Read More >

• Janus v. AFSCME Serves as a Reminder to Organize

  June 28, 2018: On June 27 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of corporations in the case of Janus v. AFSCME. Conservative donors like the Koch brothers have long strived to bleed unions dry of resources that protect workers’ rights, and Read More >

• Alliance congratulates Conor Lamb; thanks its Pennsylvania members for their role in his victory

  March 14, 2018: Retiree issues, combined with a strong Get Out the Vote effort by Alliance for Retired Americans members and staff, helped propel first-time candidate Conor Lamb to victory in the special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th congres Read More >