“When you are young, gifted, and black, your soul’s intact. Young, gifted, and black, oh how long I tell the truth. There are times when I look back, and I am haunted by my youth."
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) this week announced it plans to expand hours at its field offices nationwide. A field office that’s usually open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will now remain open until 4 p.m on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
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The public, AFGE members, and Social Security Administration (SSA) employees received good news in the $1.1 trillion ‘CRomnibus’ package that keeps the government running through September 2015.
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AFGE and 34 other organizations, including Paralyzed Veterans of America, are calling on the Obama administration to request full funding for SSA – or at least $12.7 billion for fiscal 2016.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) helps Americans live and retire with dignity and freedom, yet this important agency has been deprived of the funding it needs to carry out its civic tasks. AFGE and 34 other organizations, including Paralyzed Veterans of America, are calling on the Obama administration to request full funding for SSA – or at least $12.7 billion for fiscal 2016.
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After seven years of litigation, AFGE Local 1923 in Baltimore along with the National Federation of the Blind finally won a $9.98 million class action settlement for 570 current and former Social Security Administration employees with disabilities.
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AFGE, Social Security Works and the Alliance for Retired Americans on Thursday submitted half a million signatures of people who demand that Social Security offices remain open in local communities across the country. In total, four rallies took place across the country in Columbus, Ohio, New York, Oakland, Calif. and Washington, D.C.
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The outcome of the 2014 election could hit government employees in the pocketbook. That’s why it’s more important than ever that we Stand Up and vote this November.
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AFGE released a special video to honor Social Security’s 79th birthday today, and called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to abandon its Vision 2025 strategic plan to close hundreds of community offices across the U.S.
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AFGE members have helped save Benefit Verification Forms, an essential service at Social Security Field Offices that is used by millions of senior, disabled and middle class Americans across the country.
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The unseen hand of antigovernment ideology can be found everywhere nowadays – even in your mailbox. The proof is in what you won’t find there, like your annual statement of earned Social Security benefits.
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The White House has reportedly dropped from its 2015 budget proposal the use of chained consumer price index to calculate cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for Social Security and other federal programs, according to news reports.
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The House and the Senate this week approved the 2014 catch-all spending bill that provides funding for federal agencies until Sept. 30. The $1.1 trillion bill fleshes out the Murray-Ryan budget deal agreed on last month. Read five provisions worth noting.
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