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• News: The Butch Lewis Act Can Save Multiemployer Pension Plans

  July 09, 2019: If lawmakers do not take dramatic action, economists predict that more than 100 pension plans will become insolvent within the next few years. That means massive benefit cuts and increased financial insecurity for millions of reti Read More >

• Illinois Pension Reform Law Ruled Unconstitutional

  December 05, 2014: A Sangamon County Circuit Court judge ruled before Thanksgiving that an Illinois law aimed at easing the state's unfunded pension liability is unconstitutional, handing a victory to labor unions and state retirees who challenged t Read More >

• Election Results Heavily Favor Republicans over Democrats

  November 07, 2014: A Republican tide swept over the country Tuesday, giving the GOP full control of Congress. The GOP’s crowning achievement was capturing a majority in the U.S. Senate. Republicans have picked up seven Senate seats and will have a Read More >

• Don’t Forget: Tuesday is Election Day!

  October 31, 2014: Tuesday, November 4 is Election Day, and seniors in every state will be affected by the results. If right-wing extremists take over both houses of Congress, then Social Security and Medicare will be direct targets of the majority Read More >

• Health Experts: Sequester and Other Budget Cuts Left us Vulnerable to Ebola

  October 17, 2014: Health experts are saying that the budget cuts, including sequestration, resulting from fiscal conservatives’ goal of cutting government at all costs, has greatly exacerbated the Ebola crisis in Africa and left the U.S. vulnerab Read More >

• Alliance Members Honor 79th Birthday of Social Security

  August 15, 2014: Our nation’s Social Security system celebrated its 79th anniversary on Thursday, and Alliance members commemorated the important event by throwing more than 30 birthday parties across the country with cake and balloons. Celebrat Read More >

• Check Out Alliance Activists in Action at Birthday Events from Coast to Coast

  August 08, 2014: With Medicare celebrating its 49th birthday last week and Social Security’s 79th birthday coming up on Thursday, August 14th, Alliance members have been holding celebrations across the country in honor of the retirement security Read More >

• Senate Holds Hearing on Social Security Field Office Closures and Service Cuts

  June 20, 2014: On Wednesday, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to look at the impact of recent Social Security field office closures and service cuts. Although the Social Security Administration (SSA) is receiving record numbe Read More >

• Leaders in Washington Pushing to Strengthen and Expand Social Security

  June 13, 2014: In a sign that the push to expand Social Security is continuing to build support, on Wednesday Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act. The RAISE A Read More >

• Leaders in Washington Pushing to Strengthen and Expand Social Security

  June 13, 2014: In a sign that the push to expand Social Security is continuing to build support, on Wednesday Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act. The RAISE A Read More >