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• Teamster Retirees Need Help

  June 11, 2016: Our new friends in the North Texas Committee to Protect Pensions  are fighting to save the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of seniors from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). Gary Standard, a retired UPS truck Read More >

• Let’s Build Texas Membership

  June 02, 2016: On June 2, Patricia Budak called our first-ever Membership Meeting together. The telephone conference included activists from Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Ft Worth, and Houston. All of us had good ideas to share. Budak has Read More >

• Good News for Texas

  June 02, 2016: Good news aplenty came on June 1. The Texas Democrats have assigned our room for the convention in San Antonio:  It's Club Level 4, Meeting Room 209. All our friends and interested parties will join together there at 12:30PM on J Read More >

• Texas Retirees Gather in San Antonio

  May 18, 2016: On June 17 at 12:30PM, Texas retirees will gather at the Alamodome. Our retiree caucus comes right after the Labor Caucus during the Democratic Party convention. Everybody invited! You don't have to be a delegate to get in. We wan Read More >

• What’s Our Strategy?

  May 17, 2016: What's Our Strategy? Here are some ideas to start a statewide discussion on our strategy for building a statewide grassroots movement of organizations within Texas that represents retired union members, their families, and othe Read More >

• Democracy Under Siege in Texas

  May 06, 2016: Retirees Join Democracy Forum Labor leaders met with the Lone Star Project on May 5 in Grand Prairie on the topic of democracy in Texas. As usual, a good number of the participants were active in the Texas Alliance for Retired Read More >

• Medicaid Expansion Still Necessary

  May 04, 2016: For immediate release May 5, 2016 Federal Medicaid Extension not a long term solution for Texans For information contact Gene Lantz 214-942-4236, labordallas@sbcglobal.net Medicaid expansion was ignored. Texas officials a Read More >

• Democracy is Critical for Texas Retirees

  May 02, 2016: Democracy was the issue on May 1st when President Glenn Scott and Austin retiree activists attended their "Democracy Awakening" rally. Texas Alliance members Yolanda Delgado, Marie Drummond, Joe and Lynne Lam, and Barbara Fetonte Read More >

• We Remember Our Workers!

  April 30, 2016: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas has more workplace deaths than any other state. The number of injuries are also not accurately documented for many reasons, including failure of employers and insurance compan Read More >

• Workplace Injuries Still Plague Retirees

  April 30, 2016: [caption id="attachment_1743" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Retirees suffering long-term workplace injuries spoke on KNON radio[/caption] Workplace injuries plague us long after we have retired. Three retirees from the Dalla Read More >