AARP New York Capital District Labor Religion Coalition Catholic Charities’ Commission on Peace and Justice Citizen Action of New York Early Care & Learning Council Labor Religion Coalition of New York State League of Women Voters of New York State Nati... Read more
1. Loss of Jobs, lower wages The TPP is a bad deal for American workers. Like NAFTA, CAFTA and the WTO agreements, the TPP will continue our race to the bottom by giving trading partners greater ability to compete for American jobs by paying workers pennies a day. For example,... Read more
When:Tuesday January 12, 2016 at Noon. Where: Leo O'Brien Federal Building 1 Clinton Square, Albany, NY Timed to coincide with the President's State of the Union address where he will promote the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill. The TPP is a continuation of p... Read more
The Central New York Chapter of NYSARA co-sponsored a rally against the TPP November 21, 2015. The event had 40 people and lots of press (great TV coverage) participate. Gerald Lotierzo, Co-President of the Central New York Chapter of NYSARA presented very persuasive reaso... Read more
Thirty people attended the Capital District Chapter of the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans workshop. Information was shared on the dangers of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal on drug prices and on programs that sustain seniors. Updates on Social Security and... Read more
The Alliance for Retired Americans signed onto a friend of the court brief filed on November 13 by the National Women’s Law Center and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in support of public sector collective bargaining rights. The case is Friedrichs v. CTA (California T... Read more
Beneficiaries who are held harmless – current Medicare beneficiaries who are receiving Social Security, are not on Medicaid and are not high income – will continue to pay $104.90. The budget agreement reduced Medicare Part B premiums for beneficiaries who are not protected un... Read more
On November 10th the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans joined a coalition to lobby the New York State Legislature to raise New York's minimum wage to a living wage of $15. Some may ask why a group of "retired" persons have any interest in this issue. There are several... Read more
We have had a very eventful several weeks. Our issues have been in the forefront of discussion on the national stage and the next few months promise to continue the discussion of drug pricing through the TPP, systemic fixes to address Social Security COLA’s and temporary short... Read more