Retirement Security

• SAVE ACT

  April 08, 2016: Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is a sponsor of S. 2251, known as the SAVE Benefits Act, which would provide seniors and veterans a one-time payment this year of $581 to make up for not getting any increase in Social Security and veterans bene...Read more >

• Southern Piedmont Retiree Meeting

  January 25, 2016: IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY TO:               Southern Piedmont Retiree Club Members & Guests FROM:          Bill Dworkin, President of the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans & Shirley Jack...Read more >

• Triangle At Large Meeting

  November 25, 2015: TO: Triangle at Large Retiree Club members & guests FROM: Mike Gravinese, President, Triangle at Large Retiree Club SUBJECT: Invitation to meeting of the Triangle at Large Retiree Club DATE: November 23, 2015 Dear Friend, We would like to inv...Read more >

• Check out the pictures from the AFSCME Convention!

  October 27, 2015: [caption id="attachment_188" align="alignnone" width="300"] AFSCME 2015 Convention[/caption] [caption id="attachment_188" align="alignnone" width="300"] AFSCME 2015 Convention[/caption] [caption id="attachment_186" align="alignnone" width="300"] ...Read more >

• September 2015 Newsletter

  October 09, 2015: PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Summer is upon us and the board and I wish each of you the best for vacation and those precious times with family. We have been busy. We visited affiliates this spring and made 8 lobby visits to our political representatives. O...Read more >

• $250 Payment to Social Security Recipients Voted Down By Senate

  March 05, 2010:   Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) lost a bid on Wednesday to boost the income of millions of Social Security recipients and offset the elimination of the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2010.  His amendment calling for $13 bill...Read more >

• President’s Budget Includes $250 Stimulus Payment for Social Security Recipients

  February 05, 2010: President Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposes a $250 payment to Social Security recipients.  The relief would come at a time when Social Security beneficiaries will not be receiving a normal cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) because of a formul...Read more >