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Easterling Elected President of Alliance for Retired Americans |
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Barbara Easterling, former secretary-treasurer of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the AFL-CIO, was elected president of the Alliance for Retired Americans today. She succeeds George Kourpias, who retired earlier this month.
Easterling says that as leader of the grassroots advocacy group of 3.5 million retired union members, she will continue the alliance’s aggressive outreach and education efforts aimed at retirees and lawmakers to strengthen Medicare, lower prescription drug costs and preserve Social Security for future generations.
“This is a critical time for our nation. Our economy is in crisis, and our health care system is in dire need of reform—it is more important than ever that we educate and mobilize retirees on these issues.”
Easterling, who retired from the CWA in 2008 after 16 years as the union’s secretary-treasurer, began her union career 35 years ago as a telephone operator in Akron, Ohio, and became an officer of CWA Local 4320. In 1995, she took a leave of absence to serve as secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, becoming the first woman to hold that position.
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I’ve known Barbara Easterling since the 1970’s when she served as the Assistant to the President of CWA District 4.
There is no one more dedicated to the cause of working people,
than Barbara.As she did in every union position she held,I think barbara will do a terrrific job as President of ARA.
Ed Fire