Here they go again. Right before the election the Bushies are trying to kill language protecting Social Security Administration (SSA) employees from on-the-job discrimination based on their sexual orientation. The Bush administration, even though it promised to continue the Clinton era executive order protecting gay federal employees, has been trying for the past year to kill such protections. And now in the SSA, they're doing it again. After you read the article below from GovExec.com, feel free to call the Social Security Administration and rip them a new one, then call the Bush campaign and do the same (numbers below):
Total pigs:
Social Security Administration officials are trying to remove language protecting employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation from the agency's labor contract, union leaders claim.Feel free to give the Social Security Administration public affairs office a piece of your mind:
During negotiations on renewing the contract, SSA officials proposed eliminating a clause that allows gay, lesbian and bisexual workers to file discrimination grievances, said Witold Skwierczynski, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 220.
AFGE officials convinced SSA to add the language to the contract during 2000 negotiations, after President Clinton issued an executive order establishing a uniform policy protecting federal employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The union hasn't had to re-negotiate the terms of the contract until now. "I'm not aware of President Bush revoking that executive order," Skwierczynski said.
....union officials see the agency's attempt to revoke the protections as a move to reverse a longstanding antidiscrimination policy. "This administration is now attempting to permit discrimination against lesbians, gays and bisexuals by removing protections from union contracts," said Andrea Brooks, AFGE's national vice president for women's and fair practices.
....The union hopes that SSA will back down if John Kerry wins the November presidential election, Skwierczynski added.
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