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• White House Releases State by State Fact Sheets on the GOP House’s “Default on America Act”

  May 05, 2023: 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 govern...Read more >

• Save the Date: Alliance Retirement Security Symposium on October 17

  May 05, 2023: 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...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Biden Administration Issues New Warning About Medical Credit Cards

  May 05, 2023: The Biden administration on Thursday cautioned Americans about the growing risks of medical credit cards and other loans for medical bills, warning in a new report that high interest rates can deepen patients’ debts and threaten their financial sec...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 until 2024. H.R. 2...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 than 50 years ago on A...Read more >

• 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 of a debt limit deal...Read more >

• McCarthy Goes After Most Vulnerable Americans as Condition for Raising the Debt Ceiling

  April 24, 2023: Speaker Kevin McCarthy has released a plan to raise the national debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for an array of drastic budget cuts across dozens of domestic programs, setting off a frantic attempt in the House to gather GOP votes. The Repub...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, trying to slash our h...Read more >

• America’s Work Force Podcast: Rich Fiesta on the Debt Ceiling Crisis and Our Earned Benefits

  April 24, 2023: Alliance Executive Director Richard Fiesta appeared on the April 21 episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast, where he discussed the GOP's debt ceiling plan, its dangerous implications for Social Security and Medicare, and other destructive poli...Read more >

• Judge Grants Attorneys Fees in Arizona Alliance Voting Lawsuit

  April 18, 2023: There was a significant development in the Arizona Alliance’s lawsuit in Cochise County. The two members of the County Board of Supervisors who resisted certifying results in the November election as required by state law are now personally on the ...Read more >