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• Medicare Celebrations Coming Up

  July 08, 2015: Texas Alliance members are at the National Alliance for Retired Americans Legislative Conference in Washington DC July 7-10. We heard from Max Fine, who began working on Medicare under President Johnson in 1962. Johnson credited us, our predecessor o...Read more >

• Fort Worth Activists Build the Seniors’ Movement

  June 15, 2015: Also tomorrow, Tuesday the 16th, airline employees have invited us to rally for fair wages with them at 11AM at DFW International Airport. Terminal B Upper Level High B Gates 30-49 Curbside. Wednesday, June 17th, is the monthly planning meeting of t...Read more >

• Texas Needs More Leadership

  June 03, 2015: As always, most of our Dallas Chapter meeting was concerned with actions of the past, future, and present. But this time we also took the time to discuss the need to develop ourselves and others as leaders. American workers and retirees are under att...Read more >

• Texas Retirees Have Fun at Evening

  May 30, 2015: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans had a great time while advancing our movement at the UAW 848 hall in Grand Prairie on the evening of May 29. Click here for a short video. We're putting more photos on our Facebook page. It was our 27th day ...Read more >

• Retirees Get a Little Help from Our Friends

  May 27, 2015: United Auto Workers Local 218 in Hurst, Texas, bought 6 tickets to the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans fundraiser set for 6 PM on May 29 at 2218 E Main in Grand Prairie. They used some of them for door prizes during their drawing. The lucky winn...Read more >

• Come to Austin Chapter Meeting — Lots Happening!

  May 20, 2015: The Austin Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans invites everyone to Thursday's meeting May 21: AUSTIN TARA CHAPTER MEETING 3rd THURSDAY every other month 10-11:30 AM Texas AFT Conference Room 3000 South IH 35 Suite 175 Fountain P...Read more >

• Let’s Reach Out!

  May 09, 2015: To succeed in defending retirement rights, we have to organize as many supporters as possible. That means doing lots of outreach. Right now, volunteers are calling people that we think might help us with our May 29 fundraiser. Organizer Judy Bryant i...Read more >

• Fundraising Matters for Retirees

  May 07, 2015: The Dallas Chapter of TARA, meeting on May 6, acknowledged the significance of fund raising for retiree power. Volunteers spoke up to make our May 29 fundraiser a big success. And help Texas Retirees fight to keep and extend the right to retire 6-...Read more >

• Join Us to Plan More Action!

  May 04, 2015: Texas Organizer Judy Bryant writes: Please join us on Wednesday, May 6 from 12:30-2 pm for our regular Dallas Chapter monthly meeting.  We meet at the APWU Hall, 2010 Postal Way, Dallas Texas 75212. Everybody invited! We need YOU as we have muc...Read more >

• TARA Takes Action on Worker Safety

  April 28, 2015: Toward the end of our Workers Memorial Day program on April 28, Steelworker leader Jack Cavanaugh announced that we had gathered $100 to help the Texas City workers who are on strike for workplace safety. Earlier, he had explained that 1,100 workers ...Read more >