AFSCME’s Saunders: Self-called ‘DOGE person,’ Frank Bisignano is the wrong choice for the Social Security Administration

AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in opposition to Frank Bisignano’s confirmation to lead the Social Security Administration:

“The Senate just escalated threats to Social Security by confirming Frank Bisignano, another billionaire CEO, to lead the agency. He has spent his career catering to Wall Street elites. Bisignano could have stood up for working families and retirees by opposing efforts to roll back Social Security services, shutdown offices and lay off thousands of workers. Instead, he promises to provide more of the same failed, destructive leadership we have seen so far at Social Security. He describes himself as ‘fundamentally a DOGE person’ – even as Musk’s DOGE has jeopardized Americans’ private data.

“Their playbook is clearly to break Social Security so they can justify further cuts and privatization. AFSCME members won’t be fooled. We are keeping up the fight to protect our freedom to retire with dignity, and we will remember how our leaders voted and whether they stood with us in our battle to stop this hostile takeover of Social Security.”