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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">4 million+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Robert Roach, Jr., president<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retiredamericans.org/">www.retiredamericans.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Alliance for Retired Americans</b> (<b>ARA</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/501(c)_organization#501(c)(4)" title="501(c) organization">501(c)(4) non-profit organization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nonpartisanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonpartisanism">nonpartisan</a> organization of retired <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">trade union</a> members affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a>, which founded it in 2001. The group's membership also includes non-union, community-based activists. Its predecessor organization was known as the National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC). </p><p>The Alliance's retiree members are in every state and are from all walks of life. They are former teachers, industrial workers, health care workers, state and federal government workers, construction workers and community leaders, all united in the belief that every American deserves social and economic justice, full civil rights, personal and family fulfillment, and a secure and dignified retirement after a lifetime of hard work. </p><p>As of 2020, the Alliance has 4.4 million members nationwide<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has state programs in 39 states. It has 1,500 local chapters. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Founding">Founding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The labor movement in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> had promoted health insurance for the poor and indigent since the 1920s, but little legislative interest had been taken in the <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Labor" title="American Federation of Labor">American Federation of Labor</a>'s proposals. </p><p>The political environment began to change in the late 1950s. The <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a> administration began to study the needs of the aged, and liberal Republicans began to support health insurance for the elderly. As President Eisenhower's administration drew to a close in 1960, planning began for the first <a href="/wiki/White_House_Conference_on_Aging" title="White House Conference on Aging">White House Conference on Aging</a>, to take place in 1961. </p><p>The by-now merged AFL-CIO held some influence in the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> White House. <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller" title="Nelson Rockefeller">Nelson Rockefeller</a>, then an undersecretary in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare">United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare</a>, was planning a political career and wanted to be on good terms with <a href="/wiki/George_Meany" title="George Meany">George Meany</a>, president of the AFL-CIO. It was Rockefeller who had primary responsibility for planning the upcoming conference. Meany, meanwhile, assigned <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Cruikshank" title="Nelson Cruikshank">Nelson Cruikshank</a>, director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Social Security, to closely monitor Rockefeller. When it came time to appoint a chair for the conference, Cruikshank suggested <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kean" title="Robert Kean">Robert Kean</a>, a liberal Republican congressman from New Jersey. Although Kean had not supported national health insurance previously, he had supported labor on several <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)" title="Social Security (United States)">Social Security</a> votes, had not opposed national health insurance, was open to new ideas, and sat on the powerful <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">House Ways and Means Committee</a>. If the White House Conference on Aging were to recommend national health insurance legislation, having Kean's imprimatur would be important. Kean was also not likely to use the power of his chairmanship against labor in the conference's hearings or votes on its final report.<sup id="cite_ref-Shapers_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shapers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Working with Rockefeller and his staff, the AFL-CIO then was able to get national health insurance assigned to the committee on income maintenance. The assignment was critical to the AFL-CIO's strategy for moving federal legislation forward, for the AFL-CIO had decided (as a matter of legislative strategy) that any bill should be offered as an amendment to the Social Security Act rather than as a stand-alone law. The <a href="/wiki/American_Medical_Association" title="American Medical Association">American Medical Association (AMA)</a>, which vehemently opposed any national health scheme for the aged as "<a href="/wiki/Socialized_medicine" title="Socialized medicine">socialized medicine</a>", was intent on stacking the Conference's committee on health with its representatives in order to block any health insurance discussion.<sup id="cite_ref-Shapers_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shapers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, events that occurred during the 1960 presidential election actually helped boost Cruikshank's chances at the Conference on Aging. </p><p>During the 1960 presidential election, the AFL-CIO worked to build a coalition in favor of national health insurance for the aged. As <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">Senator John F. Kennedy</a> stacked up primary wins, the AFL-CIO convinced the Kennedy team on August 12, 1960, to establish a 23-member group called "Senior Citizens-for-Kennedy." The goal of the group was ostensibly to help the candidate develop policy proposals on health care for the aged. Rep. <a href="/wiki/Aime_J._Forand" class="mw-redirect" title="Aime J. Forand">Aime J. Forand</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>-<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>) was named chair of the group.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Kennedy won the election, the AFL-CIO used the coalition built by Senior Citizens-for-Kennedy to push its agenda at the 1961 White House Conference on Aging. The AFL-CIO coordinated the work of these groups during the conference. It established a communications center, and mobilized witnesses and votes as needed. Whenever health insurance for the aged was brought up in any committee other than the Social Security committee, the proposal was voted down or declared out of order. When the Conference voted on its final report, the AMA was surprised to find a health insurance proposal part of the recommended legislative package. The AFL-CIO coalition had grown to more than 500 groups, and attempts by the AMA to strike the proposal from the report were easily defeated.<sup id="cite_ref-Shapers_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shapers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The success of the AFL-CIO coalition during the 1961 White House Conference on Aging led Forand to suggest that an organization be formed to push for similar legislation in the future. The American Association of Retired Persons (<a href="/wiki/AARP" title="AARP">AARP</a>), founded in 1958, did not have a substantial membership yet.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a> and AFL-CIO then worked together to transform the Kennedy group into the National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC). The new organization was formally announced in July 1961. The <a href="/wiki/United_Auto_Workers" title="United Auto Workers">United Auto Workers</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a> pushed their retirees to sign up as members, and both unions as well as the AFL-CIO contributed seed-money to finance the group. Forand, who had retired from office in 1960, became the NCSC's first president and William Hutton, a public relations official with the AFL-CIO, its first executive director.<sup id="cite_ref-Shapers_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shapers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ball_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ball-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_role_in_enacting_Medicare">Critical role in enacting Medicare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Critical role in enacting Medicare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1963, President Kennedy met with leaders of NCSC. The meeting led the president to declare each May as "Senior Citizens Month" (now Older Americans Month).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a sign of NCSC's growing influence. </p><p>NCSC was instrumental in passing Medicare. It backed a number of (admittedly abortive) legislative efforts, held rallies (including one gigantic, nationally televised event at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, organized letter-writing campaigns, and attacked Medicare's opponents by bombarding them with mail and picketing their offices. The assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963 proved fortuitous for Medicare's legislative chances. President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> considered old age health insurance to be a much higher priority than Kennedy did.<sup id="cite_ref-Ball_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ball-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A shift in NCSC's strategy proved crucial in helping to build support for Medicare as well. NCSC began a major education campaign among middle-aged people, working to raise awareness of how burdensome hospital bills for the elderly could be. Medicare's passage in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">US Senate</a> was very close, and NCSC's efforts were considered instrumental in its enactment.<sup id="cite_ref-Ball_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ball-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Growth_period_and_funding">Growth period and funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Growth period and funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the early 1970s, NCSC had grown to more than 2,000 state and local affiliates across the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1960s and 1970s, NCSC funded its activities largely through the use of federal funds. In 1965, President Johnson signed the <a href="/wiki/Older_Americans_Act" title="Older Americans Act">Older Americans Act</a>. Title V of the act created Operation Mainstream, which funded part-time employment for under-employed people aged 55 or older. In 1967, Operation Mainstream was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Community_Service_Employment_Program" title="Senior Community Service Employment Program">Senior Community Service Employment Program</a> (SCSEP). The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">United States Department of Labor</a> in 1968 chose NCSC as one of the organizations designated to operate SCSEP. NCSC called its program the Senior Alert, Industrious, Dedicated, Energetic Service ("Senior AIDES").<sup id="cite_ref-SSAI_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSAI-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although about 90 percent of NCSC's funds were spent on Senior AIDES, the organization stayed very active politically throughout the 1970s. NCSC was particularly active in lobbying for an anti-inflationary measure to protect seniors' incomes; and, it led an energy policy coalition to protect seniors from high energy costs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NCSC became embroiled in presidential politics again in <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a>. Senator <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> strongly wooed NCSC in his ultimately unsuccessful bid to win the Democratic nomination, going so far as to invite NCSC to hold its next national convention in the White House.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NCSC became even more politically active in the 1980s. The organization fought a number of battles over funding for Social Security and Medicare, inflation and economic policy, heating and energy policy, and affordable housing for the elderly. </p><p>In 1984, Congress enacted the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Environmental_Programs_Assistance_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Environmental Programs Assistance Act (page does not exist)">Environmental Programs Assistance Act</a>. Within the act was a program called the Senior Environmental Employment (SEE). This program provided funds for people aged 55 or older to be employed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA) with the ability to respond more rapidly to emergency situations and provide ongoing support for long and short-term projects. In 1986, NCSC became a recipient of SEE funds as well.<sup id="cite_ref-SSAI_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSAI-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, NCSC started its first <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, NCSC began the process of spinning off its government-funded, senior-employment and housing programs. It established a new division called the National Senior Citizens Education and Research Center (NSCERC), which continued to administer the SCSEP funds. The two organizations later formally separated, although many NCSC board members continued to serve on the NSCERC board. (NSCERC later changed its name to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.seniorserviceamerica.org/about/">Senior Service America, Inc.</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-SSAI_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSAI-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decline,_reorganization_and_name_change"><span id="Decline.2C_reorganization_and_name_change"></span>Decline, reorganization and name change</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decline, reorganization and name change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2000, the AFL-CIO executive council voted to dissolve NCSC, and reform the group as the Alliance for Retired Americans. Labor-leaders also wanted to reform the group as a tax-exempt nonprofit to which tax-deductible donations could be made. The reorganization also meant that AFL-CIO members could now automatically enroll their retirees as members rather than ask them to sign up. The "new" organization was officially launched in May 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since its relaunch in 2001, the Alliance has been very active politically. It fought against the Republican-endorsed Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s Social Security privatization-reform plan in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Alliance endorsed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and protested against Rep. Paul Ryan's 2010 budget proposals,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and proposals by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=President%27s_National_Commission_on_Fiscal_Responsibility_and_Reform&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (page does not exist)">President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform</a> to cut Social Security benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Alliance has also clashed with AARP. The Alliance has often said it is not a competitor with AARP; and, that it wishes to work in cooperation with the much larger seniors' group. However, during the 2003 debate over the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the Alliance broke with AARP and publicly criticized AARP's leaders for being out of touch with seniors and caving in to financial incentives (AARP offers a number of health insurance products, some of which might have suffered had a more generous prescription drug benefit been enacted).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barbara Easterling, who had served as the first woman Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO in 1995, was the president of the Alliance from 2009 to 2015<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when she was succeeded by Robert Roach.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure_and_governance">Structure and governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Structure and governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Membership in the Alliance is defined quite broadly. Members of NCSC were automatically made charter members of the Alliance, giving the new organization a sizeable membership base. Any retired union member is eligible for membership in the Alliance. Retired workers who were not union members may become full members as well. </p><p>Member dues are $10 a year.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dues of retired union members are paid by each national union (with a cap of $100,000, which is adjusted annually). Some AFL-CIO unions pay the dues out of their budgets, rather than assess their retirees or members a special fee to pay the dues. Non-union retirees pay dues of $10.00 a year. </p><p>Alliance members are the governing body of the organization. The membership meets in a national convention every non-presidential election year. The membership elects a president, a secretary-treasurer, a community-based executive vice-president, and six community-based board members. There is no provision for proportional representation within the Alliance; every member may attend the national convention and vote, and sponsoring unions may send as many delegates as they choose. The membership also discusses and approves policies; raises voluntary donations for the organization's political operations. </p><p>Between conventions, the Alliance is governed by a national executive board. </p><p>The Alliance has four executive officers as well. These are the president, secretary-treasurer, community-based executive vice-president, and an executive vice-president appointed by Alliance affiliates. These four officers oversee the day-to-day operations of the organization. The Alliance also has an executive director, who oversees the staff and implements the policies of the organization. </p><p>In 2022, the Alliance's officers are: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/alliance-leadership-roach/">Robert Roach, Jr.</a>, president. Roach started his career as a ramp serviceman for <a href="/wiki/TWA" class="mw-redirect" title="TWA">TWA</a> in 1975 and was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local Lodge 1056 in New York. He was elected to and held several union leadership positions including serving as the General Secretary-Treasurer of the IAM from 2012 until his retirement in July 2015. He currently serves as an Auditor for the International Trade Union Confederation and is a board member of the Pension Rights Center.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/alliance-leadership-peters/">Joseph Peters, Jr.</a>, secretary-treasurer. Peters began his career at the Ford Motor Company. He was elected to a leadership position in the United Auto Workers (UAW) in 1978 and rose through the UAW ranks, culminating in his serving as regional director of UAW Region 1.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/alliance-leadership-redmond/">Fred Redmond</a>, executive vice-president. Redmond is also the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO. He is the first African American to hold this office in the history of the labor federation. He had previously served on the federation's Executive Council since 2008.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/alliance-leadership-horwin/">Julie Horwin</a>, executive vice-president. Horwin was elected Executive Vice President of the Alliance in 2022. She taught in the Arizona public school system for 32 years and is a proud representative of 400,000 NEA Retired members.</li></ul> <p>Executive Director: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/alliance-leadership-fiesta/">Richard Fiesta</a>. Fiesta has been the executive director of the Alliance since 2013. He served in the Clinton Administration in congressional and public affairs positions at the Departments of Labor and the Interior and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Fiesta also has extensive experience on Capitol Hill.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alliance_Achievements">Alliance Achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Alliance Achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Alliance works closely with the White House and Congress to ensure that seniors’ issues like retirement security and prescription drug prices get the attention they deserve. Its members educate and mobilize retirees to participate in national, state and local elections and the Alliances publishes an annual <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/voting-record/">Congressional Voting Record</a>. Members are also active at the state and local levels, advocating on behalf of retirees on issues such as health care, housing, transportation, and consumer protection. Examples of their work include: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/secretary-of-the-commonwealth-withdraws-objection-to-extending-ballot-receipt-deadline/">Lawsuits to protect vote by mail and absentee voters</a> in Florida, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin in 2020;</li> <li>2016 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/senate-battleground-voter-education/">Senate Battleground Voter Education</a>;</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/case-study-defeated-the-chained-cpi/">Stopping the “Chained CPI”</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_Fund">Educational Fund</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Educational Fund"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Alliance also sponsors a separate Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund. The Fund has its own board (although it is interlocking to a significant degree with the Alliance's), staff and budget. The Fund's primary activities are threefold: To conduct research and produce publications on public policy issues of importance to retired citizens; to build state Alliance affiliates by assigning staff, training state staff, and build state retiree coalitions; and to build coalitions of retiree, community, worker and nonprofit groups to support the work of the Fund and the Alliance. The Fund also conducts a number of other educational and training conferences, seminars and workshops. </p><p>Since 2013, the ARA has encouraged and helped older American reach and have access to polls and petitions to vote on crucial bills concerning Medicare and Medicaid. Bringing the petitions to the doors of those the bills will concern has made it possible for their voices to be heard on issues that affect their day-to-day lives. The ARA has taken a much more hands-on approach in recent years to ensure that the needs of retired Americans will not be ignored but put on the top of the priority list for Congress and those creating and deciding on the laws.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/alliance-leadership-roach/">Alliance leadership. Robert Roach, Jr.</a> retiredamericans.org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bnd.com/2012/10/16/2361908/enyart-the-democratic-12th-us.html">"Enyart, the Democratic 12th U.S. House District Nominee, Gains Senior Group's Endorsement." <i>Belleville News-Democrat.</i> October 16, 2012.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130118073430/http://www.bnd.com/2012/10/16/2361908/enyart-the-democratic-12th-us.html">Archived</a> 2013-01-18 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a> Accessed 2012-10-18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shapers-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shapers_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shapers_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shapers_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shapers_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Weeks and Berman, <i>Shapers of American Health Care Policy,</i> 1985; Hoffman, and Hoffman, eds. <i>The Cruikshank Chronicles,</i> 1989.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forand had sponsored legislation providing health care for the elderly in the <a href="/wiki/86th_United_States_Congress" title="86th United States Congress">86th United States Congress</a>. See: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jfklink.com/speeches/jfk/aug60/jfk120860_forand.html">"Statement, Washington, D.C., Representative Aime J. Forand as National Chairman, Senior-Citizens-for-Kennedy Committee," August 12, 1960.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060819093202/http://www.jfklink.com/speeches/jfk/aug60/jfk120860_forand.html">Archived</a> August 19, 2006, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Accessed 2007-01-06.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AARP also had a strong relationship with the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Penn" title="Colonial Penn">Colonial Penn</a> Insurance Company. Colonial Penn had access to the AARP membership list, and was opposed to any national health insurance scheme which might detract from its business. See Ball, "What Medicare's Architects Had In Mind," <i>Health Affairs,</i> Winter 1995.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ball-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ball_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ball_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ball_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ball, "What Medicare's Architects Had In Mind," <i>Health Affairs,</i> Winter 1995.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070202042718/http://www.aoa.gov/press/oam/archive/archive.asp">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"History of Older Americans Month," Administration on Aging. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aoa.gov/press/oam/archive/archive.asp">the original</a> on February 2, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 7,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22History+of+Older+Americans+Month%2C%22+Administration+on+Aging.+U.S.+Department+of+Health+and+Human+Services.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoa.gov%2Fpress%2Foam%2Farchive%2Farchive.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlliance+for+Retired+Americans" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Squared Off," <i>Time,</i> June 1, 1962.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pratt, "Old Age Associations in National Politics," <i>Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,</i> September 1974.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SSAI-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SSAI_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SSAI_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SSAI_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.centerforworkforceinclusion.org/about/">"About"</a>. <i>The Center for Workforce Inclusion</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 25,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Center+for+Workforce+Inclusion&rft.atitle=About&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.centerforworkforceinclusion.org%2Fabout%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlliance+for+Retired+Americans" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Battista, "Labor and Liberalism: The Citizen Labor Energy Coalition," <i>Labor History,</i> August 1999.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vale, "Kennedy Hailed by Senior Citizens," <i>Associated Press,</i> June 27, 1980.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Churchman, "Older Americans Find They Can Make Uncle Sam Listen," <i>Christian Science Monitor,</i> March 6, 1984.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The AFL-CIO says that NCSC is defunct, and that the ARA is a new organization. However, press reports indicate otherwise, and point out that the two organizations share the same officers, board members, and affiliate unions. Amber, "AFL-CIO Launches Retiree Advocacy Group to Lobby on Prescription Drugs, Other Issues," <i>Health Care Daily Report,</i> May 24, 2001; Dine, "Labor Leaders Launch Political Organization for Retired Workers," <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch,</i> May 24, 2001; Eaton, "AFL-CIO Mustering Its Retirees," <i>Cleveland Plain Dealer,</i> May 23, 2001; Greenhouse, "AFL-CIO Forms Retiree Advocacy Group," <i>New York Times,</i> May 24, 2001.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Drug Benefit, Private Social Security Accounts Criticized." <i>Duluth News-Tribune.</i> December 14, 2005; Garber, Romina. "Medicare Bill Spurs Protest." <i>Miami Herald.</i> July 29, 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2005/01/09/Administration-slowly-reaching-for-the-3rd-rail.html">McFeatters, Ann. "Administration Slowly Reaching for the 3rd Rail." <i>Toledo Blade.</i> January 9, 2005.</a> Accessed 2012-10-18; Birnbaum, Jeffrey H. and Weisman, Jonathan. "Bush Allies May Defect Over Fiscal Proposals." <i>Washington Post.</i> December 15, 2004.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gibson, William. "Obama Tries to Reassure Seniors on Health Reform." <i>Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.</i> June 7, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Serafini, Marilyn Werber. "Union-Backed Groups Protest Plan by GOP for Medicare Vouchers." <i>Buffalo News.</i> October 29, 2010; Man, Anthony. "Liberal, Union Activists Plan Protests Against Republican Plans for Federal Budget." <i>Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.</i> March 14, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reynolds, Julia. "Don't Cut 'Backbone,' Protesters Say." <i>Monterey County Herald.</i> February 22, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Espo, "AARP Waging Big Advertising Blitz to Support GOP's Medicare Prescription Drug Plan," <i>Associated Press,</i> November 18, 2003; Finucane, "AARP Faces Protest Within Its Ranks Over Medicare Bill," <i>Associated Press,</i> November 25, 2003; Walker, "PNHP Joins New Alliance; CARA Wants to Take the Place of AARP," <i>Orange County Register,</i> February 19, 2004.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/barbara-easterling-ruben-burks-re-elected-as-leaders-of-the-alliance/">"Barbara Easterling, Ruben Burks Re-elected as Leaders of the Alliance"</a>. May 2, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Barbara+Easterling%2C+Ruben+Burks+Re-elected+as+Leaders+of+the+Alliance&rft.date=2014-05-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fretiredamericans.org%2Fbarbara-easterling-ruben-burks-re-elected-as-leaders-of-the-alliance%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlliance+for+Retired+Americans" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.goiam.org/news/retired-gst-roach-to-lead-the-alliance-for-retired-americans/">"Retired GST Roach to Lead the Alliance for Retired Americans"</a>. <i>INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS</i>. September 22, 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230405093512/https://www.goiam.org/news/retired-gst-roach-to-lead-the-alliance-for-retired-americans/">Archived</a> from the original on April 5, 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=INTERNATIONAL+ASSOCIATION+OF+MACHINISTS+AND+AEROSPACE+WORKERS&rft.atitle=Retired+GST+Roach+to+Lead+the+Alliance+for+Retired+Americans&rft.date=2015-09-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goiam.org%2Fnews%2Fretired-gst-roach-to-lead-the-alliance-for-retired-americans%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlliance+for+Retired+Americans" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retiredamericans.org/join-us/">"Join Us"</a>. Alliance for Retired Americans.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Join+Us&rft.pub=Alliance+for+Retired+Americans&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fretiredamericans.org%2Fjoin-us%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlliance+for+Retired+Americans" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politifact.com/personalities/alliance-retired-americans/">"Alliance for Retired Americans's file"</a>. <i>www.politifact.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=www.politifact.com&rft.atitle=Alliance+for+Retired+Americans%27s+file&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politifact.com%2Fpersonalities%2Falliance-retired-americans%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlliance+for+Retired+Americans" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.seniorserviceamerica.org/about/">"About Senior Service America," Senior Service America.</a></li> <li>Amber, Michelle. "AFL-CIO Launches Retiree Advocacy Group to Lobby on Prescription Drugs, Other Issues." <i>Health Care Daily Report.</i> 6:101 (May 24, 2001).</li> <li>Ball, Robert M. "What Medicare's Architects Had In Mind." <i>Health Affairs.</i> 14:4 (Winter 1995).</li> <li>Battista, Andrew. "Labor and Liberalism: The Citizen Labor Energy Coalition." <i>Labor History.</i> 40:3 (August 1999).</li> <li>Churchman, Deborah. "Older Americans Find They Can Make Uncle Sam Listen." <i>Christian Science Monitor.</i> March 6, 1984.</li> <li>Derickson, Alan. "Health Security for All? Social Unionism and Universal Health Insurance, 1935–1958." <i>Journal of American History.</i> 80:4 (March 1994).</li> <li>Dine, Philip. "Labor Leaders Launch Political Organization for Retired Workers." <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch.</i> May 24, 2001.</li> <li>Eaton, Sabrina. "AFL-CIO Mustering Its Retirees." <i>Cleveland Plain Dealer.</i> May 23, 2001.</li> <li>Espo, David. "AARP Waging Big Advertising Blitz to Support GOP's Medicare Prescription Drug Plan." <i>Associated Press.</i> November 18, 2003.</li> <li>Fink, Gary M., ed. <i>Biographical Dictionary of American Labor.</i> Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-22865-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-22865-5">0-313-22865-5</a></li> <li>Finucane, Martin. "AARP Faces Protest Within Its Ranks Over Medicare Bill." <i>Associated Press.</i> November 25, 2003.</li> <li>Greenhouse, Steven. "AFL-CIO Forms Retiree Advocacy Group." <i>New York Times.</i> May 24, 2001.</li> <li>Halbfinger, David M. "Democrats Give Republicans a Fight for the Elderly." <i>New York Times.</i> August 11, 2004.</li> <li>"History of Older Americans Month," Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070202042718/http://www.aoa.gov/press/oam/archive/archive.asp">Older Americans Month > Previous Themes</a> Accessed Jan. 6, 2007.</li> <li>Hodge, Damon. "Citizens' Group Tackles Important Senior Issues." <i>Southeast View.</i> August 5, 1998.</li> <li>Hoffman, Alice M. and Hoffman, Howard S., eds. <i>The Cruikshank Chronicles: Anecdotes, Stories, and Memoirs of a New Deal Liberal.</i> North Haven, Conn.: Archon Books, 1989. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-208-02250-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-208-02250-3">0-208-02250-3</a></li> <li>"Mulvey (Crowley), Mary." <i>Providence Journal-Bulletin.</i> September 23, 2003.</li> <li>Pratt, Henry J. "Old Age Associations in National Politics." <i>Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.</i> 415 (September 1974).</li> <li>"Squared Off." <i>Time.</i> June 1, 1962.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060819093202/http://www.jfklink.com/speeches/jfk/aug60/jfk120860_forand.html">"Statement, Washington, D.C., Representative Aime J. Forand as National Chairman, Senior-Citizens-for-Kennedy Committee,"</a> August 12, 1960. Accessed Jan. 6, 2007.</li> <li>Strope, Leigh. "Unions Court Retirees to Vote for Kerry." <i>Associated Press.</i> August 11, 2004.</li> <li>Vale, Bill. "Kennedy Hailed by Senior Citizens." <i>Associated Press.</i> June 27, 1980.</li> <li>Walker, Cheryl. "PNHP Joins New Alliance; CARA Wants to Take the Place of AARP." <i>Orange County Register.</i> February 19, 2004.</li> <li>Weeks, Lewis E. and Berman, Howard J. <i>Shapers of American Health Care Policy: An Oral History.</i> Chicago: Health Administration Press, 1985. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-910701-09-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-910701-09-1">0-910701-09-1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Retired_Americans&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Donahue">Thomas R. Donahue</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sweeney_(labor_leader)" title="John Sweeney (labor leader)">John J. Sweeney</a> (1995–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Trumka" title="Richard Trumka">Richard Trumka</a> (2009–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Shuler" title="Liz Shuler">Liz Shuler</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_America%27s_Building_Trades_Unions" title="North America's Building Trades Unions">Building Trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Trades_Department,_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Maritime Trades Department, AFL–CIO">Maritime Trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metal_Trades_Department,_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Metal Trades Department, AFL–CIO">Metal Trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Professional_Employees,_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Department for Professional Employees, AFL–CIO">Professional Employees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Trades_Department,_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Transportation Trades Department, AFL–CIO">Transportation Trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Label_Department,_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Union Label Department, AFL–CIO">Union Label</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Constituency groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph_Institute" title="A. Philip Randolph Institute">A. Philip Randolph Institute</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Alliance for Retired Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Pacific_American_Labor_Alliance" title="Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance">Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_of_Black_Trade_Unionists" title="Coalition of Black Trade Unionists">Coalition of Black Trade Unionists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_of_Labor_Union_Women" title="Coalition of Labor Union Women">Coalition of Labor Union Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_Council_for_Latin_American_Advancement" title="Labor Council for Latin American Advancement">Labor Council for Latin American Advancement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_at_Work" title="Pride at Work">Pride at Work</a></li> <li>Union Veterans Council</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Allied organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Labor_Communications_Association" title="International Labor Communications Association">International Labor Communications Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solidarity_Center" title="Solidarity Center">Solidarity Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_for_America_Institute" title="Working for America Institute">Working for America Institute</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Allied groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Rights_at_Work" title="American Rights at Work">American Rights at Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Rescue_Committee" title="International Rescue Committee">International Rescue Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Labor_Committee" title="Jewish Labor Committee">Jewish Labor Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_and_Working-Class_History_Association" title="Labor and Working-Class History Association">Labor and Working-Class History Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_America" title="Working America">Working America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO_Employees_Federal_Credit_Union" title="AFL–CIO Employees Federal Credit Union">AFL–CIO Employees Federal Credit Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Labor_College" title="National Labor College">National Labor College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_unions_affiliated_with_the_AFL-CIO" title="List of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO">Affiliated unions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Actors_and_Artistes_of_America" title="Associated Actors and Artistes of America">AAAA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Guild_of_Musical_Artists" title="American Guild of Musical Artists">AGMA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Guild_of_Variety_Artists" title="American Guild of Variety Artists">AGVA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guild_of_Italian_American_Actors" title="Guild of Italian American Actors">GIAA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">AEA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Government_Employees" title="American Federation of Government Employees">AFGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Musicians" title="American Federation of Musicians">AFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_School_Administrators" title="American Federation of School Administrators">AFSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees" title="American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees">AFSCME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Teachers" title="American Federation of Teachers">AFT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Line_Pilots_Association,_International" title="Air Line Pilots Association, International">ALPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Postal_Workers_Union" title="American Postal Workers Union">APWU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Radio_Association" title="American Radio Association">ARA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Train_Dispatchers_Association" title="American Train Dispatchers Association">ATDA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Transit_Union" title="Amalgamated Transit Union">ATU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Heat_and_Frost_Insulators_and_Allied_Workers" title="International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers">AWIU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Bricklayers_and_Allied_Craftworkers" title="International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers">BAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakery,_Confectionery,_Tobacco_Workers_and_Grain_Millers_International_Union" title="Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union">BCTGM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Railroad_Signalmen" title="Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen">BRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_School_Employees_Association" title="California School Employees Association">CSEA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_Workers_of_America" title="Communications Workers of America">CWA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Flight_Attendants" title="Association of Flight Attendants">AFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Electrical_Workers" title="International Union of Electrical Workers">IUE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Broadcast_Employees_and_Technicians" title="National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians">NABET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Printing,_Publishing_and_Media_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="Printing, Publishing and Media Workers">PPMW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NewsGuild-CWA" title="NewsGuild-CWA">TNG</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_NewsGuild-CWA_Locals" title="List of NewsGuild-CWA Locals">Locals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farm_Labor_Organizing_Committee" title="Farm Labor Organizing Committee">FLOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glass,_Molders,_Pottery,_Plastics_and_Allied_Workers_International_Union" title="Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union">GMPIU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Fire_Fighters" title="International Association of Fire Fighters">IAFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Machinists_and_Aerospace_Workers" title="International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers">IAM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Federal_Employees" title="National Federation of Federal Employees">NFFE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Communications_International_Union" title="Transportation Communications International Union">TCIU</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Alliance_of_Theatrical_Stage_Employees" title="International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees">IATSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Boilermakers,_Iron_Ship_Builders,_Blacksmiths,_Forgers_and_Helpers" title="International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers">IBB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Electrical_Workers" title="International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers">IBEW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Professional_and_Technical_Engineers" title="International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers">IFPTE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Longshoremen%27s_Association" title="International Longshoremen's Association">ILA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Bridge,_Structural,_Ornamental_and_Reinforcing_Iron_Workers" title="International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers">Ironworkers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Allied_Novelty_and_Production_Workers" title="International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers">IUANPW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Elevator_Constructors" title="International Union of Elevator Constructors">IUEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Operating_Engineers" title="International Union of Operating Engineers">IUOE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Police_Associations" title="International Union of Police Associations">IUPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Painters_and_Allied_Trades" title="International Union of Painters and Allied Trades">IUPAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laborers%27_International_Union_of_North_America" title="Laborers' International Union of North America">LIUNA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Postal_Mail_Handlers_Union" title="National Postal Mail Handlers Union">NPMHU</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Engineers%27_Beneficial_Association" title="Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association">MEBA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Aviation_Safety_Specialists" title="Professional Aviation Safety Specialists">PASS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">NALC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Association" title="National Air Traffic Controllers Association">NATCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">NFLPA/FPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Nurses_United" title="National Nurses United">NNU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Taxi_Workers%27_Alliance" title="National Taxi Workers' Alliance">NTWA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League_Players_Association" title="National Women's Soccer League Players Association">NWSLPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operative_Plasterers%27_and_Cement_Masons%27_International_Association" title="Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association">OPCMIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_and_Professional_Employees_International_Union" title="Office and Professional Employees International Union">OPEIU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Plate_Printers,_Die_Stampers_and_Engravers_Union_of_North_America" title="International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America">Printers & Engravers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAG-AFTRA" title="SAG-AFTRA">SAG-AFTRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seafarers_International_Union_of_North_America" title="Seafarers International Union of North America">SIU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Sheet_Metal,_Air,_Rail_and_Transportation_Workers" title="International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers">SMART</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Workers_Union_of_America" title="Transport Workers Union of America">TWU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Association" title="United Association">UA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Auto_Workers" title="United Auto Workers">UAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Food_and_Commercial_Workers" title="United Food and Commercial Workers">UFCW</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Distillery,_Wine_and_Allied_Workers%27_International_Union" title="Distillery, Wine and Allied Workers' International Union">DWAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retail,_Wholesale_and_Department_Store_Union" title="Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union">RWDSU</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Mine_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="United Mine Workers">UMWA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNITE_HERE" title="UNITE HERE">UNITE HERE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">USW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Union_of_Roofers,_Waterproofers_and_Allied_Workers" title="United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers">UURWAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utility_Workers_Union_of_America" title="Utility Workers Union of America">UWUA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America,_East" title="Writers Guild of America, East">WGAE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State federations and <br />central labor councils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>California (<a href="/wiki/South_Bay_Labor_Council" title="South Bay Labor Council">South Bay</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Florida AFL–CIO">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Indiana AFL–CIO">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Maine AFL–CIO">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Massachusetts AFL–CIO">Massachusetts</a></li> <li>New York (<a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Central_Labor_Council" title="New York City Central Labor Council">New York City</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Oregon AFL–CIO">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Pennsylvania AFL–CIO">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_AFL%E2%80%93CIO" title="Rhode Island AFL–CIO">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Labor_Council" 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