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Amazon, one of the world’s largest employers, has for years faced scrutiny over its safety record. In 2024, Amazon employed 39% of US warehouse workers but accounted for 56% of all serious injuries in the industry, according to the Strategic Organizing Center. Read the full article here.

A worker collapsed and died on the floor of an Amazon warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon, on April 6 — and for more than an hour, employees say they were told to keep loading trucks as the body lay nearby. A May 2025 analysis by the Strategic Organizing Center, using newly released OSHA data, found that ... Read more

A group of U.S. senators has opened an investigation into deteriorating customer service at the Social Security Administration (SSA), warning that staffing cuts and internal workforce changes are causing a “customer service crisis” at the agency. A recent survey of SSA staff conducted by the Strategic Organizing Center found that 84 percent of workers reported heavier workloads ... Read more

South Carolinians may want to expect longer wait times and delayed benefits for Social Security. The Trump Administration made deep cuts to the SSA, driven by the desire to reduce the federal workforce. This could lead to 50% fewer Americans getting help in 2026, according to internal SSA documents found by the Strategic Organizing Center, ... Read more

Last week, members of Congress met with representatives of AFGE Council 220, the union representing more than 25,000 front‑line Social Security employees nationwide, to discuss the growing crisis inside the Social Security Administration (SSA). Over the past year, the SSA has lost approximately 6,500 employees, reducing the agency to its lowest staffing level in 59 ... Read more

Over the past year, the SSA has lost approximately 6,500 employees, reducing the agency to its lowest staffing level in 59 years. A new report from the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) highlights the depth of these cuts, particularly in field offices.  Read the full article here.

Last week, members of the U.S. Congress met with representatives of AFGE Council 220, the union representing more than 25,000 front‑line Social Security employees nationwide, to discuss the growing crisis inside the Social Security Administration.  A new report from the Strategic Organizing Center said in Hawaiʻi, a national high 96% of Social Security Administration workers are paid below the living wage. Read the article in ... Read more

Already, Social Security workers say they are overworked and underpaid. In a survey of SSA employees from the Strategic Organizing Center, a campaign organization for unions, 84% said their workloads got worse in 2025. The majority said their service speed and quality had decreased due to the amount of work they have taken on. Read ... Read more

In response to news of economic struggles among Social Security workers, the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) — a U.S. labor coalition of unions — decided to conduct an analysis of how much money more than 36,000 SSA frontline workers earn. The analysis found that among SSA workers represented by the American Federation of Government Employees ... Read more

A recent analysis by the Strategic Organizing Center, a nonprofit group affiliated with the union representing most SSA employees, found that the field office workforce declined by about 9 percent nationally last year. Read the full article here.