The Social Security Administration (SSA) is set to implement workforce reductions as part of an organizational restructuring aligned with a Trump executive order. This move is concerning advocates as the agency already suffers from staffing shortages, significantly impacting service delivery to millions of Americans who depend on retirement, disability, and survivor benefits. With regional commissioners resigning and morale plummeting, fears mount over increased wait times and inadequate support for beneficiaries. Union representatives have strongly opposed these layoffs, highlighting the direct impact on frontline services.
"The public is going to suffer terribly as a result of this," the source wrote to NPR. "Local field offices will close, hold times will increase..."
"AFGE is adamantly opposed to any mass layoffs" of its workers, "whether frontline or support staff," said Rich Couture, a spokesman for AFGE SSA General Committee.
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