When he was still a State Rep, Congressman Marc Veasey filed a lawsuit against the Texas Voter ID law. Texas retirees came in right behind him and made fighting voter suppression a major part of our own program. The payoff came July 20 when federal authorities ruled that the law ... Read more
Starting tomorrow, July 21, Texas Alliance volunteers are hitting the phone banks for a growing number of Texas events to save and expand the right to retire. JOIN US NOW! North Texans phone banking starts tomorrow, July 21, at 2 PM at the Teachers' (Alliance-AFT) union hal... Read more
The U.S. Congress has taken a break. Many of them will be available for visits in their home offices. That's when seniors can easily form delegations and present our issues to them. Even if they don't agree with us, just making sure they know we're active makes a difference! ... Read more
The July 30 anniversary of Medicare/Medicaid and the August 13 anniversary of Social Security are coming up. Texas retirees have set an ambitious program of celebrating our past accomplishments and committing ourselves to continue fighting. We have seven celebrations set up and a... Read more
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Following the national endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President, Texas retirees have chosen a number of other important races to work on this year. [caption id="attachment_1859" align="aligncenter" width="639"] Terry Meza's District 105 is the hottest state legislature rac... Read more
The Texas AFL-CIO allowed the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans to use their meeting room at the Texas Democratic Party convention at the Alamodome in San Antonio on June 17. Over 100 activists put off their lunch time to discuss strategies for fighting for the right to retire... Read more
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 driver from IBT 767 in Fort Worth, spoke to the r... Read more
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 been soliciting and trying new ideas in her home c... Read more