The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO and the Change to Win Federation, as well as non-union, community-based members. Its predecessor organization was known as the National Council of Senior Citizens.
As of 2012, the Alliance has more than 4 million members nationwide and has state programs in 33 states. It has 1,500 local chapters.
Read more about Alliance For Retired Americans: Founding, Critical Role in Enacting Medicare, Growth Period and Funding, Decline, Reorganization and Name Change, Structure and Governance, Educational Fund
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