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• Retiree Organization and NFL Players Association Team Up to Encourage Older Michigan Voters to Cast Their Ballots

  October 23, 2020: New PSA Explains How to Vote by Mail During the Pandemic Detroit - The Detroit chapter of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Former Players and the Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans today released a new public service an Read More >

• Retirees Mark Social Security’s 85th Anniversary with Jill Biden and Retiree Leaders Across the Country

  August 14, 2020: Virtual Events Scheduled from Florida to Alaska Washington, DC - Retirees are commemorating the 85th anniversary of Social Security on Friday with a virtual event featuring Jill Biden, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, actor Louis Gossett Jr. Read More >

• Retirees Enthusiastically Endorse Joe Biden for President

  August 13, 2020: For Immediate Release Citing confidence in Vice President Biden’s commitment to retirement security for every American, the Alliance for Retired Americans, a grassroots organization with 4.4 million members across the country Read More >

• Retirees Statement on the Tragic Death of George Floyd and its Aftermath

  June 02, 2020: For Immediate Release The following statement was issued by Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis and the national protests Read More >

• 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 >