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ProtectSeniors.Org Begins Lobbying for Retirees on Capitol Hill Some 20 million retirees around the country have reportedly been deeply impacted by cuts or outright loss of healthcare benefits once promised to them by their former employer. A fast growing lobbying movement has been formed on Capitol Hill to push for passage of healthcare legislation to remedy this crisis in a vital Congressional Election Year. Click for the story

Television News Pioneer Dedicating His Retirement to Educating Children About Fire Safety For millions of television viewers, Dr. Frank Field has been the face of their nightly weather and science reports for nearly fifty years at the flagship stations of the NBC and CBS and UPN networks. Now in his eighties Field is trying to change the way Americans think and learn about fire safety. Click for the story

Teaching Retirees to Turn Their Votes Into Real Clout on Capitol Hill Cohen, has spent the last two and a half years serving as the Co-State Leader and a Congressional District Leader with the National Retiree Legislative Network in New York State. He views his volunteer efforts as an opportunity to reach out to other retirees and as a way to enlighten and inspire them on the issues on Capitol Hill. Click for the story

Award Winning Retiree Group Shows How To Get It Done Founded in March 1996, the Association has spent nearly a decade fighting for the protection of the pensions and healthcare benefits of retirees from the companies that presently make up Verizon Communications. Click for the story

Without a Contract or Union Protection, Tire Maker’s Retirees Find Battle Insurmountable, But Discover Silver Lining What started off as a casual conversation over lunch among 15 to 20 Continental Tire North America retirees in 2001 led to the launching of a regional retiree advocacy organization that after three years of efforts has gotten its founders more than they ever planned for. Click for the story

After Ma Bell’s Final Act When AT&T converted its Defined Pension Plan to a cash balance plan, it planted the seeds for a then fledgling retiree-advocacy organization. Click for the story

Volunteerism and the Second Career Victoria Thornton-Lucas had to do something. Over the course of several years, the former Coleco Industries employee and dietary aide had witnessed the downfall of her Brooklyn, New York neighborhood, which had become overcome with homelessness, drug addiction and HIV/AIDS. Click for story Story

Loss of Dental Subsidies Launches Aetna Retirees into Action Created in the 1850s, Aetna has long been one of the leading insurance companies in America for the American people. In 1854, the Hartford-based company hired its first employee and by the end of the Civil War, was one of the nation’s leading life insurers... Click for the story