About the Alliance
for Retired Americans

The Alliance For Retired Americans is a new national organization working to create an America that protects the health and economic security of seniors, rewards work, strengthens families, and builds thriving communities.

The Alliance was launched in 2001 by a national coalition of AFL-CIO affiliated unions and community-based organizations dedicated to economic and social justice.

Retired members of participating unions and others are automatic members of the Alliance. Others may join for just $10 a year.

The Alliance is a voice for retirees and older Americans in national, state, and local policies.

At the national level, the Alliance works to win universal health care for all Americans; protect and expand Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare; clean up political campaign financing; fight for workers’ rights; and more.

At the state level, Alliance members work to expand programs to help people with disabilities stay in their own homes, protect nursing home patients, and make tax policies fairer for older people.

For more information, visit the Alliance web site: www.retiredamericans.org.