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• Austin Retirees Reach Out

  September 02, 2015: At least five top activists from the Austin Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans pitched in to help with the Employee Retirement System (ERS) fair on September 2. The ERS is vital to tens of thousands of state employees who depend on i...Read more >

• Dallas Chapter Plans Actions

  September 02, 2015: The Dallas Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans met on September 2. The top of the agenda was participating in Labor Day activities in North Texas during the Labor Day weekend. We'll march on September 5 in Dallas, picnic in Hurst on S...Read more >

• El Paso Retirees Form Organizing Committee

  August 23, 2015: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans continues its commitment to organizing all Texans. Glenn Scott, President of the Austin Chapter of the Texas Alliance, took some of her vacation time to round up old and new friends in El Paso to form an organ...Read more >

• Build the Movement! All Retirees Out for Labor Day!

  August 14, 2015: Retirees have a terrific opportunity to build our statewide movement at Labor Day activities this year. Our good friends from the union movement will be there, the best of the political activists will come, and everybody will be open to talking about...Read more >

• Austin Retirees Accept City Proclamation — On to El Paso!

  August 08, 2015: The City of Austin proclaimed their recognition of the 50th anniversary of Medicare along with the Austin Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans. The birthday was July 30th. Austin retirees held a giant celebration of their own and atten...Read more >

• Texas Retirees Celebrate Voting Rights and Democracy!

  August 05, 2015: A STATEMENT ON VOTING RIGHTS The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans joins progressive voices everywhere in celebrating the Voting Rights Act on its 50th anniversary, August 6. Seniors go to the polls in greater percentages than any other age group ...Read more >

• Dallas Chapter Takes On a Heavy Schedule

  August 05, 2015: The Dallas Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans met on August 5th. We had reports on our successful national legislative conference, our state meeting in Austin, and our three big Medicare celebrations. As always, most of the meetin...Read more >

• Dallas Chapter of TARA Plans to Fight for Retiree Rights

  August 03, 2015: DALLAS TARA CHAPTER MEETING Wednesday, Aug 5, 12:30P APWU HALL, 2010 POSTAL WAY, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212 (map)  Please join us Wednesday. We'll recap our very successful series of Medicare Celebrations in Texas. We'll also make plans to k...Read more >

• Austin Reports a Terrific Medicare Event

  July 30, 2015: This comes in from Glenn Scott, President of the Austin Chapter of Texas Alliance for Retired Americans: Hello all! We had a terrific event on Saturday. We have put Austin TARA on the Austin/Central Texas political and advocacy map! Over 14...Read more >

• Dallas Adds to Texas Success with Medicare Celebrations

  July 30, 2015: By the time Dallas started its Medicare celebration on July 30, there were at least 128 other events taking place or scheduled nationwide. At least five of them were in Texas! Dallasites gathered at the Alliance/AFT Educators' Hall in the Oak Clif...Read more >