Texas retirees need a powerful movement Add your strength to ours by joining one of our active chapters or by learning how to start one in your own area. Even during the pandemic, we never stop meeting and working for retiree rights. A lot of our meetings are on-line, so dist... Read more
Tell Governor Abbott to Free the Hostages! In a vindictive move, Governor Greg Abbot vetoed Article X appropriations from the Texas state budget. Over 2,000 legislative staffers are now living with uncertainty regarding their pay, benefits, and retirement contributi... Read more
Organizing retirees is critical to protecting and advancing our rights. Anybody can do it. Just make a list of what needs to be done, put the steps in order, then implement the plan. Simple flow charts really help. A really simple one only has information boxes (rectangles)... Read more
Let us fight for freedom and voting rights! Most of what the governor commanded the legislature to do in special session is bad business. The top of his list is curtailing our voting rights. The Texas AFL-CIO is coordinating activities to defend our rights. Sign up here. The... Read more
Texas Alliance for Retired Americans stands for voter rights and freedom, both of which are under assault in Texas. We are picketing, demonstrating, calling, lobbying, and are gathering petitions. https://youtu.be/SIWf7jXTzHM A great number of Texas organizations, and a lo... Read more
The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans is organizing a tribute to our beloved President, Tony Padilla. He stepped down on June 14 because he and Mrs Padilla decided he should put his health first. Officers of the Texas Alliance do not get paid. They give and give straigh... Read more
Anybody, any time, can write a letter to editors. If it gets published or read on the news, it will reach more people than one could reach with months of calling or door canvassing. The trick is getting it published. The Main Tactic Is to Write a Lot I get about one letter ... Read more
Texas retirees are not taking our eyes off the critical struggle for voter rights, but we continue to champion other senior issues. On June 7, we joined a coalition for a rally at the German Embassy in Dallas to "Free the Vaccine!" [caption id="attachment_2934" align="aligncen... Read more
The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) needs you. We want you to help us fight Texas voter suppression. We oppose legislation (as in SB 7 and HB 6) that limits early-voting hours, creates new obstacles to voting by mail and voter registration, and pro... Read more