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• Retiree Organization Provides Resources to Address the U.S. Pension Crisis

  November 20, 2019: Speakers included Rep. John Larson and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler  Washington, DC - More than two dozen speakers from unions and government agencies, as well as bankruptcy attorneys, Read More >

• House Passes Butch Lewis Act to Save Earned Pension Benefits; Senate Must Now Follow Suit

  July 24, 2019: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the House passage of H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, also known as the Butch Le 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 >

• Retirees Celebrate International Women’s Day

  March 08, 2019: March is Women’s History Month. The following statement was issued by Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on International Women’s Day 2019: “On this International Women’s Day, the Allian Read More >

• Defeat of “Proposition A” is a Win for Missouri Workers and Retirees

  August 07, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the defeat of Proposition A in Missouri today: “Voters in Missouri succeeded in repealing the anti-worker, ‘right-to-work’ legisla Read More >

• Supreme Court Rules Against Worker Freedom

  June 27, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Janus v. AFSCME Council 31: “The Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Mark Janus and Read More >

• Press Release: 2017 Voting Record Shows Majority of Congress Failed to Support Retirees Last Year

  May 17, 2018: 2017 Voting Record Report Details Which Senators and Members of Congress Voted to Protect Retirement Security Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2017 voting record which scored every U.S. R Read More >

• Seniors Should be Inspired by the Next Generation of Activists

  February 23, 2018: By Robert Roach, Jr. President Alliance for Retired Americans By now we have all heard about the dreadful assault at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Valentine's Day which killed 17 people. Out of Read More >

• Senate Passes Budget that Slashes Medicare and Medicaid, Offers More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

  October 20, 2017: The U.S. Senate voted 51-49 on Thursday to pass a budget that requires cuts of $473 billion from Medicare and about $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years. The measure is estimated to add $1.5 trillion to the deficit ove Read More >