Coalition Members
List in formation as of November 14, 2012
Bold denotes Steering Committee Member
National Organizations
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees
All Unions Committee for Single Payer Health
Care--HR 676
Alliance for Retired Americans
Alzheimer's Foundation of America
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association of University Women
American Federation of Government Employees
American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees
American Federation of Teachers
American GI Forum
American Medical Student Association
American Network of Community Options and
Resources
American Postal Workers Union
Americans for Democratic Action, Inc
Americans United to Protect Social Security
B'nai B'rith International
Campaign for America's Future
Center for Community Change
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
Citizens for Social Security Reform
The Claude Pepper Center
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Coalition on Human Needs
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy
and Socialism
Common Cause
Communication Workers of America
Democracy for America
Democratic Socialists of America
Dēmos
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Economic Policy Institute
Feminist Majority
Food Research Action Center
Frances Perkins Center
Generational Alliance
Generations United
Gray Panthers
Health & Disability Advocates
Hispanic Federation
Institute for Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Inc.
International Association of Heat and Frost
Insulators and Allied Workers
International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers (IAM)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
International Federation of Professional &
Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied
Craftsmen
International Union, United Automobile,
Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers
of America
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
(LCLAA)
Latinos for Secure Retirement
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human
Rights
League of Rural Voters
League of United Latin American Citizens
(LULAC)
MANA, A National Latina Organization
Medicare Rights Center
MoveOn.org Political Action
NAACP
National Organizations(Cont’d)
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
National Association for Hispanic Elderly
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of State Head Injury
Administrators
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.
National Committee to Preserve Social Security
and Medicare
National Collaboration for Youth
National Council on Independent Living
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Negro Women
National Council of Women's Organizations
National Education Association
National Education Association-Retired
National Employment Law Project
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Hispanic Council on Aging
National Human Services Assembly
National Indian Council on Aging
National Nurses United
National Organization for Women
National Organization of Legal Services Workers
(NOLSW)
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Senior Citizens Law Center
National Women's Law Center
National Women’s Political Caucus
OWL - The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
Pension Rights Center
ProgressiveCongress
Progressive Democrats of America
ProgressNow
Roosevelt Institute Campus Network
SER – Jobs for Progress, Inc.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
Social Security Disability Coalition
Social Security Works
Sojourners
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees
The Arc
Transport Workers Union
UAW Local 2230
United Cerebral Palsy
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
of America (UE)
United Spinal Association
United States Student Association
United Steelworkers
USAction
Voices for America’s Children
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)
Women Employed
Working America
Working Families Win
State Organizations
Alaska
Alaska Women’s Lobby
Hawaii
Kokua Council
Arkansas
Arkansas Community Organizations
Idaho
Boise Central Trades & Labor Council, AFL-CIO
United Vision for Idaho
Arizona
Arizona Advocacy Network
Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans
Arizona Education Association - Retired
California
California Alliance for Retired Americans
Congress of California Seniors
Miracle Mile LA National Organization of
Women
Native Americans for Justice/Truth and
Reconsiliation
Older Women's League of California
Sacramento Grey Panthers
Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County (CA)
Colorado
Colorado Progressive Action
Connecticut
Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans
Connecticut Citizen Action Group
Connecticut Committee for Equity in
Retirement
National Organization for Women, New Haven
Chapter
District of Columbia
National Organization for Women, DC
Florida
Florida Consumer Action Network
Florida New Majority
Organize Now
Georgia
Georgia Alliance for Retired Americans
Georgia Rural Urban Summit
Illinois
AFSCME Council 31
AFSCME Retirees Chapter 31
Amalgamated Transit Union Local #308
Champaign County Health Care Consumers
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
Coalition of Labor Union Women - Chicago
Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans
Illinois Citizen Action
Illinois Main Street Alliance
Illinois National Organization for Women
Rainbow Push Coalition
UFCW Local 881
Indiana
USW – SOAR 7
Iowa
Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans
Iowa Citizen Action Network
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Maine
Maine People's Alliance
Maine Women’s Lobby
Maryland
A. Philip Randolph Institute
AAUW of Maryland
AAUW of Southern Maryland
ACE-AFSCME, Local 2250
ACY-Activists for Children’s Youth
AFGE Council 220
AFGE Council 1923
AFSCME Council 67
AFSCME Council 982
AFSCME Retiree Chapter 1
Alliance for Retired Americans MD/DC
Amalgamated Transit Union Local #689
State Organizations (Cont’d)
Maryland (cont’d)
American Jewish Congress, Maryland Chapter
The ARC of Maryland
The ARC of Prince George’s County
CASA de Maryland
Maryland Disability Law Center
Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO
Maryland State Education Association
Maryland State Pipe Trade Association
Maryland United for Peace & Justice
Montgomery County Older Women's League
MoveOn.org Baltimore & Howard Counties
MoveOn.org Maryland Chapter
NAACP - Charles County Branch
NAACP - Prince George's County Branch
NAACP Maryland State Council
National Organization for Women, MD
Peace Action Montgomery
Progressive Maryland
SEIU 1199
SEIU Maryland State Council
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association,
Local Union #100
UFCW Local 400
UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO
Workers United Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint
Board
Minnesota
Take Action Minnesota
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Senior Action Council
New Hampshire
Granite State Organizing Project
New Hampshire ABLE
New Hampshire Alliance for Retired Americans
New Hampshire Citizens Alliance
Michigan
Common Cause, Michigan
Disability Network Southwest Michigan
MI Universal Health Care Access Network
Michigan Alliance to Strengthen Social Security
and Medicare
Michigan Citizen Action
Pride at Work - Michigan
Progress Michigan
Service Employees International Union Central
Region Lavender Caucus
State Voices
UFCW 951
Unite Here-MI
Missouri
Metro Organization for Racial and Economic
Equality
Metropolitan Congregations United – St. Louis
Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans
Missouri Grassroots Organizing
Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Montana
American Postal Workers Union #113
Child Development Center
Elders in Action
Missoula Aging Services
Missoula Central Labor Council
Missoula Education Association
Montana Alliance for a Just Society
Montana Office of Public Instruction
United Way - Missoula
Yellowstone County Boys and Girls Club
Nebraska
Nebraska State Education Association – Retired
Omaha Education Association – Retired
New Jersey
AFSCME, Administrative Council 1
Alliance for the Disabled in Action
BlueWave NJ
Council of New Jersey State College Locals, AFT
CWA District 1
Grassroots 4 Change
Health Care for All--NJ
New Jersey Alliance for Retired Americans
New Jersey Citizen Action
Next Step
State Organizations (Cont’d)
New Mexico
Organizers in the Land of Enchantment (OLE)
New York
Business and Labor Coalition of New York
Citizen Action of New York
Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign
National Association of Retired Federal
Employees, Manhattan-Bronx Chapter #23
New York Citizen Action
NY State AFL-CIO
NY State Alliance for Retired Americans
NY State United Teachers Retiree Council 18
Preserve Social Security & Healthcare Coalition,
Inc.
SEIU Local 200 United
Teamsters Local 237
United Federation of Teachers
Union County NOW
North Carolina
Action North Carolina
North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute, Inc.
North Dakota
NDPeople.Org
Ohio
Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish, LLP
Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Local
11
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association Retirees
Ohio Conference on Fair Trade
Ohio Organizing Collaborative
Ohio Steelworkers Organization of Active
Retirees
ProgressOhio
Oregon
Advocacy Coalition for Seniors and People with
Disabilities
AFGE Local 3937
Alliance for Democracy, Portland, OR Chapter
American Federation of Teachers-Oregon
Oregon (cont’d)
Children First for Oregon
Disability Services Advisory Council of Clackamas
County
Elders in Action
Human Services Coalition of Oregon
Jobs with Justice
National Association of Social Workers, Oregon
Chapter
Oregon Action
Oregon AFL-CIO
Oregon AFSCME
Oregon Alliance for Retired Americans
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Oregon Consumer League
Oregon State Council for Retired Citizens
Oregon Working Families Party
Save Oregon Seniors
SEIU Local 49
SEIU Local 503
United Seniors of Oregon
Pennsylvania
ACTION United
American Federation of Teachers – Pennsylvania
Coalition of Labor Union Women – Philadelphia
Coalition of Labor Union Women - Pittsburgh
Keystone Progress
Mon Valley Unemployed Committee
Penn Action
Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women
Pennsylvania State Education Association
SEIU PA State Council
Rhode Island
Ocean State Action
South Carolina
South Carolina Progressive Network
Tennessee
Chattanooga Organized for Action
Tennessee Citizen Action
State Organizations (Cont’d)
Virginia
Virginia Organizing
Washington
Aerospace Machinists District Lodge 751
Retirement Club
AFT Washington Retirees Chapter, AFL-CIO
American Federation of Government
Employees Local 3937
Coalition of Labor Union Women,
Puget Sound Chapter
Economic Opportunity Institute
Legal Voice
National Organization for Women,
Seattle Chapter
Older Women’s League Seattle/King County
Pride At Work, Martin Luther
King County Chapter
Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans
Retired Public Employees Council of
Washington
Seattle NOW
Tacoma Alliance for Retired Americans
(Pierce County)
UFCW Local 21
UFCW Local 81
Unite HERE Local 8
Washington Alliance for Retired Americans
Washington Community Action Network
Washington Education Association - Retired
Washington State Labor Council – AFL-CIO
West Virginia
West Virginia Citizen Action Group
Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Education Association Council Retirees