TROY – The Social Security Administration has told a claims analyst — a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and union activist — that it intends to fire him for conduct unbecoming a federal employee and unethical behavior for writing protest messages on the windows of its offices in Troy and Plattsburgh.

The SSA accused Adam Pelletier, 33, of Troy, in a disciplinary notice of writing “This is a union office,” “policy violence is bureaucratic manslaughter” and other statements on the windows at the Troy office at 500 Federal Street and “#EOHELLNO# and other messages on the Plattsburgh office window.

“The whole thing happening to me is repugnant,” Pelletier said Monday. He shared the disciplinary notice dated July 27 with the Times Union.

“We cannot comment on personnel matters,” said John E. Shallman, SSA NY Regional communications director, in response to written questions his officer requested about the matter.

In the pending dismissal notice, SSA officials advised Pelletier, "Your inappropriate conduct was intentional and improper. You wrote these unauthorized messages on the outside of SSA field offices knowing that you had no permission to do so."

Pelletier was placed on administrative leave in early July after marking the Troy building with water soluble marker. Unions rallied in support of him by picketing outside the Troy office on July 25.

Pelletier said he served in the Marines for four years before joining SSA in 2012. He said he became active in American Federal Government Employees Local 3343, which covers most SSA offices upstate, describing himself as a “millennial union activist” serving as the grievance chairman. He was then placed on investigative leave and received the pending dismissal action notice. He said his base pay is $68,000.

Pedro "Pete" Aviles, an SSA employee in Schenectady and president of AFGE Local 3343, which covers most SSA offices upstate, said the union is consulting with attorneys at both the national and regional level on Pelletier’s case. He said it’s not clear what changes are occurring as a result of the executive order.

Aviles said Pelletier’s work on grievances for the union and as the lead grievant in a case that secured back pay for 66 veterans working for SSA may be a factor in the move against him as well as his success in filing other grievances.

“He’s a thorn in their side. He’s outspoken,” Aviles said.

“From my angle, their case is weak and procedurally the onus is on them to prove that removing me from my position will “promote the efficiency of the federal service,”” Pelletier said quoting part of the dismissal notice.

Pelletier said he intends to fight his dismissal all the way. He said he is preparing a response to the dismissal notice.