Laying Off 7,000 Workers at the Social Security Administration

The Social Security Administration (SSA) rolled out plans to axe 15 percent of its workforce, or about 7,000 employees, in the process closing a substantial number of the field offices used by pensioners and other recipients of Social Security benefits for obtaining assistance with questions or problems. Two dozen senior officials at SSA left the organization as the news was announced.

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