Resources for Texas Retirees
If you can't join a retiree group, start one! Benjamin Franklin said, "Either we hang together, or we'll hang separately!"
Click on the organization
name for more information
AFL-CIO Retiree Council of Harris County (Houston) holds a covered dish pot-luck luncheon on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. Business phone: 713-654-1115
Alliance/AFT of Dallas retirees meet on the 2nd Thursdays, but they may change it. Meetings at 301 Centre in Oak Cliff. Contact Judy Bryant at 214-942-4663 ext 130.
Communications Workers of America (CWA) 6215 Retirees meet 1408 N Washington in Dallas at 2 PM on the First Thursday
CWA Local 6201 in Ft Worth meet at 10:30 AM each 3rd Wednesday
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW20) Retirees meet 11 AM on 2nd Tuesday at 1205 Corporate Dr E Arlington TX 76006-6105
International Association of Machinists (IAM) District 776 meets at 11 AM at 555 N Grants Lane in Ft Worth on the Fourth Wednesday
Shane Fox, member of the national leadership of Alliance for Retired Americans, blogs from his home in Tyler at http://psst-progressivesavvyseniorstexas.blogspot.com/
SOAR (Steelworkers) retirees meet meets at 13624 Hiway 31 west in Tyler, TX 75709 monthly at USW Local 746L. Contact John Nash
Teamsters (IBT) Local 745 Retirees meet at 10 AM on the first Saturday of March, June, and September at 1007 Jonelle in Dallas. Contact the union hall (214) 398-0661
United Auto Workers (UAW) North Texas Area Council meets at 10 AM on the 4th Tuesday of every month at UAW 276 hall on W.E. Roberts and Great Southwest Parkway in Grand Prairie. Contact Mary Holomek
UAW 119 retirees have called meetings about every other month. Contact Ron Spurlock
UAW 129 hopes to form a retiree chapter soon. Contact Clara Faulkner
United
Auto Workers (UAW) 218 Retirees meet 11 AM
on the Fourth Wednesday at 98 W Hurst
Blvd,
Hurst TX 76134. contact
Fred Milholland
UAW
276 Retirees meet 11:30 AM on the First
Tuesday at 2505 W. E. Roberts
Grand Prairie,
TX 75050. Contact Lonnie
Morgan
UAW 317 Retirees meet 11 AM on the Fourth Thursday at 98 W Hurst Blvd, Hurst, TX, 76134. Contact Mary Holomek
UAW
816 Retirees meet 11 AM on the Third
Thursday at 2505 W. E. Roberts
Grand
Prairie, TX 75050. Contact Kirk
Tiner
UAW 848 Retirees meet 11 AM on the Second Thursday of each month at 2218 E Main in Grand Prairie, TX, 75050. Contact Gene Lantz
UAW 870 Retirees meet at noon on the First Tuesday at Ryans Cafeteria, 909 Tripp Rd, Garland, TX, 75150. Contact Ennis Johnson
UAW 967 Retirees meet 11 AM on the Fourth Thursday at the union hall in Greenville, TX. Contact Tom King
UAW East Texas Retirees have
lunch at the USW 746L hall, meets at 13624
Hiway 31 west
Tyler, TX 75709 on
the first Thursday each month. Contact Charley
Sanders at 7524 S Broadway Av #104 Tyler TX
75703 (Open Wednesdays) 903-509-4747
UAW Houston is forming a new Area Retiree Council. Meeting 10:30 AM 5/31/06 at 1730 Jefferson near St Joseph Hospital. Contact Rudy Welch at 281-332-1403
UAW Rio Grande Valley Meets at 10:30 AM at the Bingo Skateland in Harlingen. Contact Bob Kinert, 722 Morgan Blvd Suite "U" Harlingen TX 78550, 956-428-3555. "Office open Tuesday and Thursday."
Some other computer links of value:
International unions, and even union locals, have web pages up. Many are available from links on the afl-cio web page.
afl-cio Dallas Go here to sign up for labor announcement service. Also hit "sign up" to find state & federal representatives
Alliance for Retired Americans (National) Sign up to join! Only $10/year
Allied Pilots at American Airlines
Alzheimer's Association Chapters in Texas
CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women)
Communications Workers of America, Local 6215 in Dallas
Dallas Observer Weekly Newspaper
FAIR – Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Fair Trade Coalition
Flight Attendants at Southwest Airlines American Professional Flight Attendants
Ft Worth Weekly Ft Worth State Rep Lon Burnam (e-mail) E-Mail to FW/D Progressive Newsletter
Health Care Coalition (Dallas)
Health Care Coalition (San Antonio)
Immigrants Rights (United Voices for Immigrants)
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Labor
Quotes (Great for Editors)
Labor
History in
Texas
Labor
History (Georgetown University)
Labour History
(International)
Labor
History, National
Labor
History for scholars (e-mail
network)
National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
Senior News Source (Commercial Newspaper with ads from organizations)