March 20, 2021 - Yahoo News
Trump-appointed Social Security Administration officials test Biden's ability to forge new agenda
By Brittany Shepherd
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-appointed-social-security-administration-officials-test-bidens-ability-to-forge-new-agenda-090005885.html
March 15, 2021 - Government Executive
Unions Dog SSA Leadership over Perceived Inaction on Workforce Order
By Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/03/unions-dog-ssa-leadership-over-perceived-inaction-workforce-order/172687/
March 8, 2021 - Government Executive
House Democrats Join Chorus Calling for Changes at Social Security
https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/03/house-democrats-join-chorus-calling-changes-social-security/172523/
March 5, 2021 - Press Release
LARSON, DAVIS, PASCRELL CALL FOR REMOVAL OF SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-davis-pascrell-call-removal-social-security-commissioner-and
March 5, 2021 - Government Executive
OPM Instructs Agencies to Reopen Trump-era Union Contracts
https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/03/opm-instructs-agencies-reopen-trump-era-union-contracts/172485/
February 25, 2021 - HuffPost
Social Security Boss Canceled Telework For Others But Wouldn’t Come To The Office
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew-saul-social-security_n_6036af29c5b69253191ac024
February 22, 2021 - Government Executive
Union Announces 'Boldest Agenda' Yet to Strengthen Federal Employee Rights, Pay and Benefits
https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/02/union-announces-boldest-agenda-yet-strengthen-federal-employee-rights-pay-and-benefits/172217/
February 19, 2021 - Government Executive
Key Senator Lends Support to Effort to Oust Social Security Leadership
https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/02/key-senator-lends-support-effort-oust-social-security-leadership/172170/
For Immediate Release
Friday, February 19, 2021
Contact: Trudy Perkins/Rachael Hartford
(202) 224-3978
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BROWN ANNOUNCES CHAIRMANSHIP OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND PENSIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, CALLS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER AND HIS DEPUTY TO GO
Brown Announces Chairmanship of Social Security and Pensions Subcommittee, Calls for Social Security Commissioner and His Deputy To Go
Saul and Black Were Key Architects of Trump Agenda to Destroy Social Security
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced today that he is assuming the Chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy. This is the key Finance subcommittee with the responsibility to protect and expand Social Security, address the insolvency of the multiemployer pension system, provide paid family and medical leave to America’s workers, and more.
In his first act as Chair of the Subcommittee, Brown called for the immediate replacement of Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black. Saul and Black were key agents of the Trump agenda to systematically dismantle Social Security.
“Saul and Black are incapable of carrying out Democrats’ vision of protecting and expanding Social Security,” said Brown. “As agents of the Trump Social Security agenda, they cut the benefits that hardworking Americans have earned, attacked the Social Security Administration's employees, denied beneficiaries due process, and needlessly increased disability reviews during the COVID-19 pandemic. No one has been safe from their path of destruction.”
“Every current and future Social Security beneficiary is fortunate to have Senator Brown, a longtime Social Security champion, looking out for our interests as the chair of this critical subcommittee” said Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works. “Senator Brown is wisely calling for the immediate replacement of Commissioner Saul and Deputy Commissioner Black, who have spent years waging war on Social Security beneficiaries and the SSA workforce. We look forward to working with Senator Brown to protect and expand our Social Security system.”
Saul and Black spent their time at the Social Security Administration implementing Trump’s amoral agenda for Social Security, including regulations that:
· Make it even harder for older, severely disabled people to access the essential income they’re qualified to receive.
· Deny disability benefits for older, severely disabled people who are not fluent in English, resulting in an estimated 100,000 people being denied more than $5 billion in benefits.
· Dramatically reduces due process protections for benefit appeals hearings by allowing SSA agency attorneys, instead of Administrative Law Judges, to preside over appeals hearings.
· Provide beneficiaries with almost no relief from harsh requirements to repay extra benefits paid due to SSA action during the COVID-19 pandemic, through no fault of the individual.
· Would throw people off benefits by significantly increasing the number of disability case reviews resulting in an estimated $2.6 billion in benefit cutoffs.
Saul and Black also routinely attacked federal employees by forcing harsh union contracts that strip employees of their rights, vigorously enforced Trump’s anti-union Executive Orders and eliminated telework for employees.
https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-chairman-social-security-pensions-subcommittee
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January 12, 2021 - Media Advisory: Unions, Advocates to Hold Press Conference Calling on Joe Biden to Clean House at the Social Security Administration on Day One
https://socialsecurityworks.org/2021/01/11/unions-advocates-to-hold-press-conference-calling-on-joe-biden-to-clean-house-at-the-social-security-administration-on-day-one/?fbclid=IwAR1MdrRxcO3FyR9HNasqEwvxdxGYOhDnD__Uy6ruY7czTYUwGH_hBT1_HB8
December 18, 2020 - Washington Post
Some groups want Biden to fire Trump’s Social Security commissioner. That’s not easy to do.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-social-security-ssa-biden/2020/12/17/28483610-40b2-11eb-a402-fba110db3b42_story.html
December 9, 2020 - Federal Times
Social Security leaders receive double ‘no confidence’ votes
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/leadership/2020/12/09/social-security-leaders-receive-double-no-confidence-votes/
November 25, 2020 - Federal News Network Op-Ed
Biden appointments should prioritize workplace protections, employee relations
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2020/11/biden-appointments-should-prioritize-workplace-protections-employee-relations/
August 21, 2020 - Federal News Network
SSA will continue telework, appointment-only services for ‘extended time’
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/08/ssa-will-continue-telework-appointment-only-services-for-extended-time/
August 19, 2020 - Government Executive
Union: Social Security Is Withholding Information and Refusing to Bargain as Some Employees Return to Offices
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/08/union-social-security-withholding-information-and-refusing-bargain-some-employees-return-offices/167834/
August 18, 2020 - Federal News Network
Unclear how many SSA employees are gradually returning to their offices, union says
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/08/unclear-how-many-ssa-employees-are-gradually-returning-to-their-offices-union-says/
July 7, 2020 - Federal News Network
SSA remains quiet on reopening after 4 months of employee telework
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/07/ssa-remains-quiet-on-reopening-after-4-months-of-employee-telework/
June 8, 2020 - Federal News Network
Unions still see problems with emergency paid sick leave at SSA, VA
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/06/unions-still-see-problems-with-emergency-paid-sick-leave-at-ssa-va/
June 3, 2020 - Federal News Network
Telecommuting works – just ask returning feds!
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2020/06/telecommuting-works-just-ask-returning-feds/
May 8, 2020 - Bloomberg Law
Return to Office? How About Never, Social Security Union Says
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/return-to-office-how-about-never-social-security-union-says
May 5, 2020 - NPR
For These Federal Employees, Telework Means Productivity Is Up, Their Backlog Is Down
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/05/850106772/for-these-federal-employees-telework-means-productivity-is-up-their-backlog-is-d
May 4, 2020 - Federal News Network
Employees say they’re still waiting for SSA to implement emergency paid sick leave benefits
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/05/employees-say-theyre-still-waiting-for-ssa-to-implement-emergency-paid-sick-leave-benefits/
April 22, 2020 - Baltimore Sun
Commentary - Social Security Administration needs to make telework a priority even after coronavirus
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0423-social-security-telework-20200422-t3nu7c2e7narjboiogdqxj7sna-story.html
March 20, 2020 - Government Executive
Social Security Institutes Fulltime Telework for Most Employees
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/03/social-security-institutes-fulltime-telework-most-employees/163979/
March 18, 2020 - NPR
Federal Employees Demand More Telework Capacity, As Personnel Management Head Quits
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/817934545/federal-employees-demand-more-telework-capacity-as-personnel-management-head-qui
March 17, 2020 - Propublica
The CDC Recommends Americans Stay at Home — Unless They Work for the CDC
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-cdc-recommends-americans-stay-at-home-unless-they-work-for-the-cdc
March 13, 2020 - Letter to SSA from US Senate
Van Hollen, Cardin, Brown Press Social Security Administration on Telework Policies
https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-cardin-brown-press-social-security-administration-on-telework-policies
January 30, 2020 - Federal News Network
Liver, licorice and Joe Buck, chihuahuas, cilantro and Gwenyth Paltrow — or teleworking: Name your poison
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2020/01/liver-licorice-and-joe-buck-chihuahuas-cilantro-and-gwenyth-paltrow-or-teleworking-name-your-poison/
January 28, 2020 - Baltimore Sun
Social Security Administration announces further changes to telework program
http://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-hs-social-security-telework-20200128-rqwgobrytrbupn5veruirav3je-story.html
January 27, 2020 - Federal News Network
SSA announces more agencywide telework changes
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/01/ssa-announces-agency-wide-telework-changes/
January 27, 2020 - Government Executive
Social Security Announces More Telework Cuts
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/01/social-security-announces-more-telework-cuts/162688/
January 12, 2020 - Washington Post
As remote work rises at U.S. companies, Trump is calling federal employees back to the office
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-remote-work-rises-at-us-companies-trump-is-calling-federal-employees-back-to-the-office/2020/01/12/37aad040-2d80-11ea-9b60-817cc18cf173_story.html
January 13, 2020 - Baltimore Sun
Trump administration’s approach to telework old school and irrational | COMMENTARY
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0114-telework-federal-government-20200113-42f2woyl6rbk7ithewxkm53roq-story.html
January 6, 2020 - Baltimore Sun
Op-Ed: Morale low at Social Security Administration amid Trump administration changes
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0107-social-security-20200106-sk52eneu2rgj5hjtsdcxt6uxc4-story.html
December 18, 2019 - Baltimore Sun
Maryland senators urging Social Security to reinstate telework program
https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-ssa-telework-program-20191218-ikc4oh2z5veavd65t36gevqmzq-story.html
December 9, 2019 - Government Executive
Democratic Senators Urge Social Security to Restore Telework
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/12/democratic-senators-urge-social-security-restore-telework/161774/
12-03-2019 - Federal News Network
Teleworking: If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/12/teleworking-if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it/
November 25, 2019 - The Chief
Social Security Ends Its Telecommuting Program
https://thechiefleader.com/news/news_of_the_week/social-security-ends-its-telecommuting-program/article_0546dd5a-0bd5-11ea-8630-b314deb168d9.html
November 22, 2019 - WBALTV11
Employees, union react to Social Security Administration ending telework program
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/reaction-from-employees-over-social-security-administration-ending-telework-program/29895440#
November 22, 2019 - Federal News Network
Bargaining roundup: Trends emerge as unions, agencies grapple with workforce EOs
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2019/11/bargaining-roundup-trends-emerge-as-unions-agencies-grapple-with-workforce-eos/
November 7, 2019 - Government Executive
Social Security’s Justification for Ending Telework Pilot Doesn’t Add Up
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/11/social-securitys-justification-ending-telework-doesnt-add/161167/
October 29, 2019 - Federal News Network
SSA ends telework program for operations employees, citing need to focus on customer service
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2019/10/ssa-ends-telework-program-for-operations-employees-citing-need-to-focus-on-customer-service/
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