Economic Security

• Texans Strategize in San Antonio

  June 18, 2016: 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 fi...Read more >

• Teamster Retirees Need Help

  June 11, 2016: 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...Read more >

• Good News for Texas

  June 02, 2016: Good news aplenty came on June 1. The Texas Democrats have assigned our room for the convention in San Antonio:  It's Club Level 4, Meeting Room 209. All our friends and interested parties will join together there at 12:30PM on June 17. [caption ...Read more >

• What’s Our Strategy?

  May 17, 2016: What's Our Strategy? Here are some ideas to start a statewide discussion on our strategy for building a statewide grassroots movement of organizations within Texas that represents retired union members, their families, and other senior community a...Read more >

• Retirees Are Meeting

  April 21, 2016: In Texas, retirees are meeting everywhere. In almost any church, there is a group of predominantly retirees meeting. Drop by the Dairy Queen or McDonald's in small Texas towns during mornings, and you'll find retirees meeting over coffee. The Texas A...Read more >

• Everybody Must Stand Together for Social Security

  February 02, 2016: Social Security isn't just necessary for older Americans, it's vital for everybody!  Our Brothers and Sisters at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank that looks at economic issues through the prism of working people, have published the 3rd e...Read more >

• Retirees Stand Against Unfair Trade

  January 19, 2016: Texas retirees took the lead in opposing unfair trade on January 12, the same day that President Obama pushed the unfair "Trans Pacific Partnership" in his State of the Union address. Our Austin and Dallas rallies coincided with 20 protests nationwid...Read more >

• Gov. Abbott Puts A Fox to Watch Pension Henhouse!

  December 04, 2015: Retirees across Texas are protesting Governor Abbott's appointment of Josh McGee to the Texas Pension Review Board. McGee has a long record of advocating taking away "defined benefit" pensions from public employees. He is a Vice President of the Lau...Read more >

• Retirees Mobilize for Fair Trade

  October 14, 2015: Retirees Mobilize for Fair Trade The Alliance for Retired Americans is urging Texans to join the fight against unfair trade deals because of the prospect of higher prices for drugs and medical equipment. The Texas Alliance has already participated i...Read more >

• Low Wage Workers Represented at March 27 News Conference

  March 27, 2015: Statement for Budget Cuts Press Conference Friday March 26th, 2015 Spanish: Trabajadores inmigrantes en nuestro país de Estados Unidos han dejado una huella duradera en todas las industrias.  A diario se quiebran el lomo para proveer comida a sus ...Read more >