Complete lists of union-endorsed Texas candidates are available on-line. Central Labor Councils are completing their local endorsements before in-person early voting begins February 20. Those who signed up early for vote-by-mail already have their ballots, but we have plenty of t... Read more
The Washington Post ran an editorial, “Why we’re borrowing to fund the elderly while neglecting everyone else.” The writer presumes to know something about Social Security, federal budgets, and simple economics. She fails on all counts. She claims that government is borr... Read more
TARA is one of the most important organizations in Texas. Our organized retiree activists strengthen other organizations and the entire progressive political effort. As we are chartered under section 501c4 of the tax code, we can and do endorse and boost candidates and politica... Read more
The Austin Chapter had an expert on age discrimination for their July 20, 2023 meeting. UNDERSTANDING AGE DISCRIMINATION Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The EEOC has jurisdiction over federal and private sector discrimination claims. The Texas Civil Rights Co... Read more
The long legal fight for Texas retiree voting rights, like the wheels of justice, grinds slowly on. At a short on-line conference with lawyers on June 21, 2023, Organizer Judy Bryant and President Gene Lantz were told that we may finally go to trial on September 11 in federal cou... Read more
The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at 12:30PM on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. Everybody invited! We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and Barbara need RSVP’s from you right away so the... Read more
The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at noon on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. Everybody invited! We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and Barbara need RSVP’s from you right away so they w... Read more
The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at noon on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and Barbara need RSVP’s from you right away so they will know how much t... Read more
On March 8, Brother Eric Hartman of our Austin Chapter identified these Texas bills as especially dangerous for seniors: SB 2 by Hughes, allowing prosecution of innocent voting mistakes as felonies. SB 220 by Bettencourt/HB 549 by Swanson, establishing state election poli... Read more