AFGE & Social Security Administration Reach Agreement

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)After 27 months of negotiations, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have reached a new 4-year agreement, covering union members at SSA offices across the country, including in the metro DC area. “It’s been a long road but we fought hard and proudly won improvements in benefits and working conditions for the employees of the Social Security Administration,” said AFGE President John Gage. “We made improvements in eye care and travel benefits, strengthened employee rights in the workplace and allowed for the union to have broader ability to represent employees in meetings with SSA management,” added AFGE Lead Negotiator Witold Skwierczynski.