This week, IFPTE joined the broad coalition of unions and organizations representing federal, state, and local government employees and retirees in making the final push to get the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, through Congress.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs remarked, “Governor O’Malley’s swift confirmation and strong bipartisan support serve as a testament to his lifetime of service, putting outcomes and results over political considerations.”
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With the Senate wrapping up for the Senate’s 2023 session, IFPTE and the Association of Administrative Law Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and all Senators to confirm former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to be the next Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
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IFPTE was one of 19 labor organizations warning House lawmakers about the potential harm to policies and programs that workers and retirees hold sacred if a Fiscal Commission comes to fruition.
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The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers and the president of the Association of Administrative Law Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 express their strong support for the nomination of former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to lead the Social Security Administration
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Connecticut Congressman and House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson, announced the Social Security 2100 Act this week.
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This week, AALJ President Judge Som Ramrup and Treasurer Judge Kim Schiro joined IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Legislative Director Faraz Khan for a meeting at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C.
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IFPTE executive officers sent to House lawmakers a letter urging them to request that House leadership schedule a floor vote to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that would reverse cuts to the earned social security benefits of nearly two million public sector workers or their surviving spouses and dependents.
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As Senators continue negotiating an agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded, IFPTE urged the Senate to act swiftly before the start of the 2023 fiscal year, which begins on October 1, 2022.
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This week the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ)-Judicial Council 1 leadership and IFPTE president Matt Biggs met with Social Security Administration Acting (SSA) Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi.
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This week, the American Prospect reported on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) anti-union arrangement where non-union administrative law judges (ALJs) who the same work and are hired off of identical position descriptions as their union counterparts, but are excluded from the Association of Administrative Law Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 (AALJ) bargaining unit.
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IFPTE officers made the following statements after the introduction of the Social Security 2100 Act, legislation sponsored by Rep. John Larson that strengthens Social Security’s finances while also expanding benefits.
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This week, IFPTE sent a letter to all House lawmakers urging them to become original cosponsors of the Social Security 2100 Act. This bill, cosponsored by House Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Larson, is expected to be reintroduced later next month.
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IFPTE and AFGE sent a joint request the Biden Administration today, alerting the President that, “under the leadership of Commissioner Saul and Deputy Commissioner Black, SSA has achieved the distinction of being one of the most anti-labor agencies in the entire federal government.”
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AALJ-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 President, Judge Melissa McIntosh, and Secretary-Treasurer/Legislative Director, Matt Biggs, participated in an act.tv panel discussion this week highlighting the need for President-Elect Biden to replace the leadership at the Social Security Administration (SSA) on day one of his administration.
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AALJ's survey of membership found that the leadership and policy direction at the Social Security has lost the trust and confidence of the agency's administrative law judges.
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Judge Melissa McIntosh, president of JC1, recently responded to the Social Security Administration’s latest attempt to erode the constitutional due process protections of disability claimants
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