The French government may soon fall because it has tried to ram through changes in social security benefits in that country. This will be the first time a French government has fallen due to a no confidence vote since 1962.
The French government may soon fall because it has tried to ram through changes in social security benefits in that country. This will be the first time a French government has fallen due to a no confidence vote since 1962.
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Our citizenry has much to learn from the French
France is the size of texas and has about twice the population. Thinking you can change governments every 60 years or so is completely insane. France is as stable as quicksand.
Martin O'Malley Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg (Allison Robbert/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- A Biden administration appointee has agreed to lock in hybrid work protections for tens of thousands of Social Security staff, part of a slew of organized labor efforts that complicate President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to reshape the federal workforce.
The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing 42,000 Social Security Administration workers, reached an agreement with the agency last week that will protect telework until 2029 in an updated contract, according to a message to its members viewed by Bloomberg.
The new deal, signed by President Joe Biden’s just-departed SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley, will let workers “maintain current levels of telework,” AFGE chapter president Rich Couture wrote.
Under those current arrangements, in-office requirements range from two to five days per week, varying by job, according to people familiar who spoke on condition of anonymity because the new agreement has not been publicized.
“This deal will secure not just telework for SSA employees, but will secure staffing levels through prevention of higher attrition, which in turn will secure the ability of the Agency to serve the public,” Couture wrote.
An AFGE spokesperson declined to elaborate on the message. A SSA spokesperson confirmed the independent agency “memorialized its preexisting telework policy in its contract with AFGE,” and noted that managers can still make temporary changes based on operational needs or performance issues.
7:37 pm, can you publish any links to this? Like original sources? This is being debated internally if it is real or not.
It would be interesting if we had the option to call for a no confidence vote.
In case you have any doubt about the Republican's plans for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, this article is clarifying:
"Republicans Are Already Coming for Medicare and Social Security"
“We’re gonna have to have some hard decisions. We’re gotta bring the Democrats in and talk about Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare,” McCormick said. “There’s hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved and we know how to do it. We just have to have the stomach to actually take those challenges on.”
McCormick’s words are not surprising. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump floated the idea of cutting Social Security and Medicare, saying in March that there is “a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting, and in terms of also—the theft and the bad management of entitlements.”
But on the plus side, the article points out:
"Even if the GOP manages to win over a couple of Democrats, any plans to cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid will get pushback from powerful organizations such as the AARP. Older voters who rely on the programs also make up the base of the Republican Party, and politicians from both parties should be wary of provoking them."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-already-coming-medicare-social-172819868.html
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