Social Security Administration Says It Plans to Lay Off 7,000 Workers
By Aldgra Fredly The Social Security Administration (SSA) said on Friday that it is planning to lay off about 20 percent of its workforce, or 7,000 employees, in a bid to support the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts. The agency said it intends to reduce its workforce from the current level of roughly 57,000 to about 50,000, with a significant focus on “functions and employees…
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