Social Security Administration workers and local seniors on Wednesday joined a national day of action in Broward County to demand that Congress address a mounting crisis of underfunding and staffing shortages at the federal agency that manages monthly payments and benefits to tens of millions of older Americans.
Organized by the American Federation of Government Employees, the rally comes at a precarious time for the agency. Federal appropriations for Social Security are set to expire at the end of January, leaving millions of beneficiaries and thousands of workers in limbo.
“We demand our government pass a federal budget that strengthens our communities, not one that further hurts our families,” said Shaunellia Ferguson, president of AFGE Local 2014, in a statement. The rally took place outside the SSA office in Plantation…