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• Alliance for Retired Americans Hosts Fourth Annual Retirement Security Symposium

  October 20, 2023: Government officials, labor movement leaders, policy experts, Social Security and pension advocates, academics, attorneys, and economists gathered to discuss retirement security and social insurance issues with hundreds of virtual Read More >

• Senate Budget Committee Holds Hearing on Strengthening Social Security; Rep. Larson Re-Introduces the Social Security 2100 Act

  July 17, 2023: Social Security was in the news this week with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) holding a hearing entitled, “Protecting Social Security for All: Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share,” and Rep. John L Read More >

• Retiree Groups Announce New Collaboration to Take on the Nation’s Retirement Security Emergency

  April 19, 2023: Washington, DC –  The National United Committee to Protect Pensions (NUCPP) Board of Directors and the Alliance for Retired Americans (Alliance) are pleased to announce a partnership to address the nation’s retirement securit Read More >

• Wait Times Increase for Disability Benefits as Social Security Offices Struggle Financially

  December 12, 2022: State operations that review Social Security disability claims face massive backlogs, leaving Americans with disabilities waiting months and even years for judgments. To combat the crisis, House and Senate Democrats are calling fo 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 >

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 8.7% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  October 13, 2022: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be an 8.7% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Se Read More >

• Alliance Celebrates Social Security’s Anniversary in the Face of Threats to the Program

  August 19, 2022: Alliance members commemorated the 87th anniversary of Social Security on August 14 and throughout the month as a growing number of Republican candidates and elected officials call for dramatic changes to the earned benefits progra Read More >

• New Resolutions Honor Leaders, Address Social Security and Right to Vote and More

  August 01, 2022: The Alliance’s policy agenda is set during quadrennial meetings of its membership and our board. New York State Alliance President Barry Kaufmann, Resolutions Committee Chair, facilitated discussion and the enactment of fifte Read More >

• Social Security Administration Fights Fraud with National “Slam the Scam Day”

  March 07, 2022: Chances are someone you know has received an ominous call or message from someone pretending to be from the government, alleging that your information has been compromised or demanding immediate payment. Ignore it. This is just on Read More >

• COVID-19 Widows Struggle to Get Survivors Benefits as Social Security Offices Remain Closed

  February 04, 2022: In addition to causing pain, misery and death to millions of infected Americans, the coronavirus pandemic has forced Social Security offices to close in-person operations, and many children and spouses are experiencing long delays Read More >