Social Security Administration "No-Match" Letters

Letters sent from an error-prone database at the Social Security Administration to workers and their employers result in violation of labor rights, including wrongful firings; the letters are abused by unscrupulous employers and misused by uninformed employers.

IWJ Materials on SSA No-Match Letters

Letter to Department of Homeland Security on no-match letters
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed changes to federal regulations on no-match letters. This is IWJ's formal comment on the proposed changes, April 11, 2008.

Misuse of "No-Match" Letters and Violations of Workers Rights
IWJ statement at congressional staff briefing, April 3, 2008

Department of Homeland Security Rules Would Create Insecurity at the Workplace
An IWJ statement on proposed rules concerning "no-match" letters from the Social Security Administration, October 10, 2007.

Saying No to No-Match
IWJ and other worker rights leaders fight anti-immigrant and anti- worker rule. An overview of events in October and December 2007.

Letter to Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael Astrue
The letter was delivered to SSA headquarters by an interfaith delegation, October 11, 2007.