From a press release (emphasis added):
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals (NCSSAFOL) is warning the public and Social Security beneficiaries of the danger of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee's decision to cut President Obama's proposed budget request for the Social Security Administration (SSA) by $1.2 billion, $263 million below the Fiscal Year 2016 spending level.
Witold Skwierczynski, President of the NCSSAFOL, states that the House budget cuts will result in a ten-day furlough of all SSA workers, an agency-wide hiring freeze, a reduction in local field office hours, permanent closing of many field offices, increases in wait times on SSA's National 800 number and field offices, and an increase in processing times for benefits. ...
The AFGE National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals represents 28,000 employees in 1250 Social Security field offices and 28 Teleservice Centers across the country, including Puerto Rico, and the Pacific Islands.
9 comments:
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.......
Typical of Witold's perennial rants - none of which have come true in his 33 year reign over AFGE.
Absolutely! Not a single office closure, hiring freeze, furlough, field office closure, increase in wait times for phone assistance, or increase in benefit processing time even in the last six years since SSA's budget cuts began. Ha ha ha.
Go get 'em Ryan! We'll have this hateful agency run into the ground yet. The sky isn't falling. That's called the ground rushing upward.
Mostly Baseline budgeting "cuts." IE-cuts in Obama's increase. Basically the 2017 budget is the same as 2016, minus the Baltimore building "project." Final budget will probably be a 2-3% increase over 2016.
We are currently in a hiring freeze and the only employees being hired are ALJs.
I guarantee you there will be no furlough days.
Can i get that in writing, Paul?
@6:04AM,
On what Planet are you living? You are delusional.
@ 10:04
As long as Colvin is at the helm, there will be no furloughs. She'd sell off assets, cut into the IT budget, shorten hours, ANYTHING before she'd furlough an employee.
Please go to Miriam Webster dictionary. Thumb to the Is. Find Irony.
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