retirees
Patriot Coal walkout on talks forces miners to consider strike
June 13, 2013TRIANGLE, Va. (PAI) - Workers at Patriot Coal Co., which is now undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, will have to prepare for a strike authorization vote after firm managers walked out of talks on a settlement on June...
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Will Parry, labor and retiree advocate, 1920-2013
May 17, 2013Will Parry," a warrior for working people for more than seven decades," died May 13 at the age of 93.
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Retiree group working to get seniors to back Obama
September 12, 2011The labor-backed Alliance for Retired Americans is gearing up for a tough battle - getting non-union retirees to vote for Barack Obama in 2012.
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Holding Americans hostage
July 22, 2011The problem is not so much a "gang of six" now making deals, but the gang that took over the House of Representatives and statehouses and governorships across the country last fall.
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Retired, but fighting: ARA stands up for Social Security (video)
July 15, 2011Barbara Easterling, president of the 4-million-member Alliance for Retired Americans, tells it like it is about Social Security and the budget crisis.
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