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• 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 >

• 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 >

• Retirees Stand with Those Targeted in Las Vegas

  October 05, 2017: Senseless Violence Threatens the American Way of Life, Affects us All Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement regarding the terrorism in Las Vegas last weekend: Read More >

• Update on Alliance Efforts to Help with Gulf Coast Disaster Relief

  September 06, 2017: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) has been leading national Alliance efforts to pitch in on Gulf Coast disaster relief. The Alliance encourages that donations go to the Texas Worker Relief Fund, and several members h Read More >

• Missouri Retirees Help Force Suspension of Anti-worker State Law

  August 24, 2017: Missouri Alliance members and other activists forced the suspension Friday of a new anti-worker state law before it goes into effect, delivering dozens of boxes of signed petitions demanding it be put to a public vote in 2018. Read More >

• Americans Keep their Health Care as Repeal Bill Fails in Senate

  August 04, 2017: In a major victory for older Americans concerned about health care costs, the Senate failed to pass a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) last Friday. Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Read More >