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• OMB: Rescinding COVID Funds as Part of Debt Limit Deal is an Attack on Pensions

  April 24, 2023: Last Friday, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released their monthly report detailing the unspent COVID money – $70 billion of American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds — that House Republicans want to cut as part Read More >

• Alliance Announces Partnership with National United Committee to Protect Pensions

  April 24, 2023: This week the Alliance and the National United Committee to Protect Pensions (NUCPP) Board of Directors announced a partnership to address the nation’s retirement security crisis. “With politicians, despite their denials, t Read More >

• 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 >

• Older Americans Month Begins with May Day

  May 05, 2023: 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 Read More >

• Fiesta: If a Budget Reflects a Party’s Values, Then the GOP Must Not Value Seniors

  May 01, 2023: 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 u Read More >

• Today is Workers Memorial Day

  April 28, 2023: Workers Memorial Day is today, April 28, and the labor movement is observing the occasion by remembering workers killed, injured, or made ill on the job while renewing the fight for strong safety and health protections. More th Read More >

• Congress Reintroduces Protecting the Right to Organize Act

  March 07, 2023: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20 in the House), which would restore the right of workers to f Read More >

• Pension Spending During Covid Pandemic Provided $1.3 Trillion to the Economy

  January 09, 2023: Retirees who spent their public and private sector pension benefits in 2020 generated $1.3 trillion in total economic output, supporting nearly 6.8 million jobs across the nation, according to a report released last Wednesday by t Read More >

• Biden Announces $36 Billion in Relief to Avoid Cuts to Promised Pension Benefits

  December 12, 2022: President Biden announced $36 billion in financial relief on Thursday to prevent pension benefit cuts for thousands of union workers. Biden was joined by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, union leaders including AFL-CIO President Read More >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Hosts 2022 Retirement Security Symposium

  November 21, 2022: More than a dozen speakers from unions and government agencies, young workers and others shared strategies to address the continuing retirement security emergency in America at the Alliance’s Retirement Security Symposium: An In Read More >