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In Brief

Call-to-Action!

16th Annual NALC Food Drive, May 10th

On the day before Mother’s Day this year, letter carriers will conduct the largest one-day food drive in the nation, having delivered over 70 million pounds of food to community food banks, pantries and shelters in each of the past four years.

What: 16th Annual NALC Food Drive

Where: Nationwide

When: Saturday, May 10, 2008

How: Place bags of nonperishable food items at your mailbox. Your letter carrier will pick them up and deliver them to local food banks.

Learn more.

Weekly Labor Quote

Eugene V. Debs“The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.”

–Thomas Donahue, President, AFL-CIO

More info & ammo for unionists at biglabor.com

NC Alliance for Retired Americans

Alliance for Retired Americans

The North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans is a chapter of the nationwide grassroots organization that advocates on behalf of America’s seniors. The NC Alliance is committed to advancing public policy that protects the health, economic security, and civil rights of all senior Americans.

NC Alliance for Retired AmericansA coalition of AFL-CIO affiliated unions and a broad array of community-based organizations created the Alliance for Retired Americans in 2001 and the NC Alliance in 2003. The Alliance unites retirees who are committed to one common goal: building the most effective organization to advocate for seniors at the local, state, and national levels.

The NC ARA provides an opportunity to work with retirees and other like-minded folks to make a difference in policies affecting seniors.

The NC Alliance fights for:

  • Affordable and accessible prescription drugs
  • Health care that seniors can depend on through Medicare
  • Social Security that provides guaranteed benefits and protects families for life

Click the image above to visit the ARA website - retiredamericans.org.