National Alliance for Retired Americans called for protests of the Republican Health Care law on May 12, 2017. Texans joined in. Organizer Judy Bryant set up our action for 10 AM at Congressman Pete Sessions' Dallas office. When she learned that one of the several groups o... Read more
Texas organizer Judy Bryant spoke to the monthly luncheon of UAW Local 848 on May 11, 2017. [caption id="attachment_2173" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Judy Bryant at UAW 848[/caption] Her topic, of course, was the health care crisis brought on by the Republican House of... Read more
Next-day election results show that Philip Kingston, the candidate endorsed by the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, defeated two opponents with 55% of the total vote in Dallas City Council District 14. Kingston has stood up for Texas retirees, and we stood up for him.... Read more
All over Texas, our members fought the health care battle in the U.S. House right up to the moment we heard they had passed it. Click here to join the fight! [caption id="attachment_2161" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Dallas President George Nolan calling Congress[/capti... Read more
How would you like to pay five times as much for insurance as younger people? What about losing your pension or having your Social Security Cut? Right now, Congress is deliberating all those things. We need to organize retirees to fight back! I'm starting a digital organizin... Read more
The AFL-CIO in Texas has the retirees' backs -- and we have theirs! To save pensions, we're urging everyone to go to Austin for the State Employees Lobby Day April 12. Bus rides to Austin cost $15. Click here to buy yours! A lot of really bad things for retirees and our fa... Read more
By unanimous vote, the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans is behind March 8 activities titled "A Day Without A Woman!" [caption id="attachment_2142" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Dallas Chapter is meeting at Alliance/AFT[/caption] The Houston Ch... Read more
All over Texas, members of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) are in the first ranks of the many ongoing battles for decent living, rights, and dignity in America. Retirees are making calls, filling out petitions, visiting political leaders, and hitting the str... Read more
The sheer amount of work that our 6 Texas chapters are doing is a true wonder. [caption id="attachment_2101" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Yolanda Delgado of Austin TARA at women's march[/caption] Austin collected over 300 petition signatures during their giant 50,000-pe... Read more