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Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comments from the Social Security Administration.

Poor work-life balance. Insufficient pay. Unmanageable workloads. Few opportunities for teleworking.

The challenges for the Social Security Administration’s workforce are virtually unending, and if SSA leadership doesn’t change course soon, the agency’s metaphorical ship could capsize, the American Federation of Government Employees said.

“We are here today to sound the alarm,” said Jessica LaPointe, president of AFGE Council 220, during an AFGE press conference Monday.

Stressful work conditions are causing severe burnout among SSA field office employees, AFGE said, in turn leading to high staff attrition rates and growing workloads for the SSA employees who remain with the agency.

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AALJ President Ramrup and AALJ Secretary Schiro traveled to Washington DC the week of March 20 to meet with Capitol Hill staffers and executives at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to discuss issues of import to the ALJ corps, including with respect to the exclusion of National Hearing Center (NHC) judges from our bargaining unit, ALJ hiring, and the quota.  While in Washington, we were privileged to attend a reception in honor of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.  As IFPTE President Matt Biggs noted, “Secretary Walsh is a union Brother through and through and took that union card with him to the Department of Labor.”  You can read more about our meetings and the reception for Secretary Walsh here: Association of Administrative Law Judges Advocate on Capitol Hill with IFPTE Staff — IFPTE and here: IFPTE Attends AFL-CIO Reception in Honor of Outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh — IFPTE

2023 AALJ Education Conference
New Orleans Oct. 3-5, 2023

The Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ), representing more than 1,000 jurists who work for the U.S. Social Security Administration, will hold its 30th educational conference October 3-5 at the luxurious Hotel Monteleone, centrally located in the heart of New Orleans’ historic French Quarter.

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