October 17, 2014

Rally for Early Voting — With Eight Billion Good Reasons!

Texas seniors and our allies will rally on the first day of early voting at 10 AM Monday October 20, by the Dallas Old Red Courthouse. The deadline for submitting applications for vote-by-mail October 24, but most people will vote at the polls.

Everyone who hopes for kindness from the legislative session that begins in January must work now to elect people who will listen. Mark Cebulski, retiree leader for the American Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union, told the Dallas AFL-CIO on October 16 that the Employee Retiree System in Texas is EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS in the hole! Tens of thousands of state workers are mobilizing for the present elections! The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans will back them all the way!

Our organizer, Judy Bryant, writes:

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Your Vote Is Your Voice!!   Please mark your calendar for the first day of early voting!

 

WHAT: VOTE EARLY AND PUT THE MIDDLE CLASS FIRST! RALLY AND PRESS CONFERENCE

 

WHEN:  MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014 10 AM

 

WHERE:  DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS BUILDING, 509 MAIN ST/

 

WHO:  TARA, CWA, DALLAS AFL-CIO, JOBS WITH JUSTICE

 

DETAILS:  We will meet the national bus tour of Americans United for Change as we rally for early voting and support the goals of raising the minimum wage, equal pay for equal work, and protecting and expanding Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Representative Roberto Alonzo, Dallas AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Mark York and other leaders will join us. Look for the big “Put The Middle Class First” bus which will be parked in front of the Old Red Museum on Main and we will rally right across the street on the sidewalk.

 

Blessings,

 

Judy Bryant
Field Organizer
Texas Alliance for Retired Americans
214-729-0063”

Mark Cebalski is Executive Director of AFSCME Retirees. He encourages everyone to work with their state representatives to bring the Employee Retirement System up.

-Gene Lantz, President

PLEASE contribute any amount, or make a monthly pledge, to Texas Alliance for Retired Americans by clicking here.

Sign our petition to Dallas Mayor Rawlings asking him to stop pushing to privatize the school district.

We’re also still gathering petitions for health care implementation in Texas. Sign that petition at:

http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4055/c/1254/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4684

Contact Gene Lantz at labordallas@sbcglobal.net

Judy Bryant at 214-729-0063

facebook: Texas Alliance for Retired Americans

Twitter: @Tx4TARA