Union Newsletter

Council 220 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the labor union that represents most Social Security employees, has released its October newsletter. Here is an excerpt from one article in the newsletter:

While members of the bargaining unit were processing claims and dealing with a sometimes irate public, an estimated 700 management officials from Social Security were recently treated to a three-day extravaganza at the Arizona Biltmore. ...

One office in the San Francisco Bay Area posted a sign while its management officials were attending the “Tango” in Phoenix. That sign told the public Immediate Payments would not be available for several days (because no one was there to authorize them).

“Informing impoverished members of the public that SSA can’t issue them emergency payments because management is partying at a lavish Arizona hotel is outrageous,” [union leader Witold] Skwierczynski said. “