U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Wednesday denounced plans by the Social Security Administration to close its Mitchell St. field office on the city's south side. ...
At a news conference outside the former Forest Home Library, Barrett said he did not hear about the agency's decision to close the Mitchell St. office until January and that the city has offered the former library at 1432 W. Forest Home Ave. for a location. ...
Moore, whose district includes the area served by the office, said the proposal would disperse its Spanish-speaking employees currently serving the poor and largely Hispanic residents of the neighborhood to offices that are hard to reach by bus.
She also said the agency has not made serious attempts to find suitable replacement locations and that she and other public officials were not notified of the closure until the decision had already been made.
"They did not include me or other city officials in the decision," Moore said.
"It seems like they contacted us after they had already made this decision." ...
Jessica LaPointe of the American Federation of Government employees read a statement she said was from employees at the Mitchell St. office saying they were "blindsided" by news of the closure and told to keep quiet about it. ...
2 comments:
DM here in the Chicago Region. This closing was a surprised but probably needed from what i here. The space has been a union nightmare for years and what they fail to mention is the proximity to several other offices. I have no doubt the "lack of space" is a good way to say - we are saving money. I'd like to know where the outrage is over the closing of the Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Cleveland Tele Service Centers? My guess is Cincinnati Tele-Service Center is next. Not far behind are the 43 of 220 offices in the Chicago region that are small enough to only have on member of management. I think those communities should be more worried about their future - just my 2 pennies
Chicago Region here, too. We didn't hear a thing about TSC closures. RIF's, relocations or TW?
1 FO up for sale and the employees only found out by running into the real estate agent. No one from the AD's office told them.
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