{"id":17541,"date":"2019-11-04T19:57:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/04\/labor-authority-finds-evidence-that-ssa-intimidated-union-reps\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:44:35","slug":"labor-authority-finds-evidence-that-ssa-intimidated-union-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2019\/11\/04\/labor-authority-finds-evidence-that-ssa-intimidated-union-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor authority finds evidence that SSA intimidated union reps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Social Security Administration will once again have to go to the mat to defend accusations that it improperly handled labor relations, this time concerning a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2019\/07\/05\/social-security-administration-reaches-impasse-in-union-negotiations\/\" target=_blank>contract with the Association of Administrative Law Judges<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal Labor Relations Authority Regional Director Jessica Bartlett notified the AALJ Oct. 31 that she had found sufficient evidence that SSA interfered with union officials\u2019 rights during negotiations over their collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AALJ alleges that the agency\u2019s officials attempted to intimidate union leaders by threatening discipline against them for engaging in union activity that is protected in federal statute. The threats were subsequently reported to then-acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Nancy Berryhill, but SSA officials then minimized the union\u2019s concerns at a subsequent meeting, according to AALJ President Melissa McIntosh.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2019\/07\/30\/senate-democrats-chastise-social-security-for-union-treatment\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-637902194-Cropped.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Senate Democrats chastise Social Security for union treatment<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Negotiations between the Social Security Administration and the Association of Administrative Law Judges reached an impasse in early July and have now caught congressional attention.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdministrative law judges work hard every day across the U.S. to uphold the laws of our country in a way that builds respect for the Social Security Administration. While we\u2019re gratified that FLRA has found merit for our complaint, it reinforces our concerns that agency leaders are interfering with our rights as a union. This impacted our preparation for contract negotiations,\u201d said McIntosh in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract negotiations between SSA and AALJ began in March 2019, but the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service determined in June that negotiations had already reached an impasse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two parties are currently before the Federal Service Impasses Panel, which could determine to enforce the SSA contract proposal or order the agency to return to the negotiating table, but the union has argued that such a panel is not constitutionally constructed to assert such jurisdiction in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, a determination on the unfair labor practice charge brought against SSA by the union will have to wait until the agency has an official general counsel appointed, rather than the current acting counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FLRA 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