Texas Issues

• Retirees Vote!

  November 05, 2019: If you didn’t get to Early Vote, please make sure to do so tomorrow on Election Day, Tuesday November 5th. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. The TARA Houston and Dallas chapters meet on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. If you live in these areas, you will ...Read more >

• Savvy Seniors Vote

  October 28, 2019: TARA President Tony Padilla    reminds everyone to please Go Vote during Early Voting from now   until November 1  or   on November 5    Election Day. There are 10 Constitutional Amendments on the ballot and many areas have Municipal Elec...Read more >

• Go Vote!

  October 22, 2019: TARA President Tony Padilla reminds everyone to please Go Vote during Early Voting from now until November 1 or on November 5 Election Day. There are 10 Constitutional Amendments on the ballot and many areas have Municipal Elections, plus there are S...Read more >

• Retiree Endorsements Prized

  October 07, 2019: The Golden Triangle and Coastal Bend TARA Chapters meet this week. If you live in these areas, you will receive a separate email about the meetings. TARA SUPPORTS TEACHERS! Dallas TARA/Alliance AFT Activists (l-r) Norene Flaherty, Hobie Hukill...Read more >

• Stand with Working Families

  September 16, 2019: The Fort Worth and Austin TARA chapters meet this week. If you live in these areas you will receive a separate email about the meetings. TARA AUSTIN AND DALLAS MEMBERS SUPPORT TSEU PENSION/PAY INCREASES TARA President and TSEU member Tony Padi...Read more >

• Retirees Do Labor Day!

  September 09, 2019: The Golden Triangle and Coastal Bend TARA chapters meet this week. If you live in these areas you will receive a separate email about the meetings. TARA members participated in Labor Day Activities across the state in Houston, Dallas and Corpus Chris...Read more >

• Happy Labor Day!

  September 02, 2019: Happy Labor Day from TARA! Please see the article below about the many benefits which have been made possible for workers, retirees and their families because of unions. The Dallas and Houston TARA chapters meet this week. If you live in these areas,...Read more >

• TARA Meets in San Antonio

  July 29, 2019: HAPPY 54th BIRTHDAY MEDICARE/MEDICAID!   On July 30, 1965, in Independence, Missouri,  President Lyndon B. Johnson signed  the Medicare Act of 1965 into law. We are still fighting to keep the benefits these programs provide. TARA chapters around ...Read more >

• Statewide Meeting Is Thursday

  July 22, 2019: TARA members and retirees who are attending the Texas AFL-CIO Convention at the Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio this week on July 25-27 are invited to the TARA Caucus Meeting at 4 pm on Thursday, July 25, after the end of the day's convention activiti...Read more >

• Statewide Caucus Coming

  July 15, 2019: The TARA Austin Chapter meets this week. If you live in the area, you will receive a separate email notice. TARA members and retirees who are attending the Texas AFL-CIO Convention at the Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio next week on July 25-27 are ...Read more >