Alliance for Retired Americans
Overview
Nonpartisan
In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event, organization or person in which there is no formally declared association with a political party affiliation....
organization of retired trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
members affiliated with the AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
. Its predecessor organization was known as the National Council of Senior Citizens.
As of 2009, ARA has more than 4 million members and has affiliates in 30 states.
The labor movement in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
had promoted health insurance for the poor and indigent since the 1920s.
