Trump Finds A New Way To Harm Veterans By Union Busting At The VA

The Trump administration announced that it will be terminating the contracts of hundreds of thousands of VA employees in a blatant act of union busting.

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The idea that one of the most hostile presidents to workers' rights would do right by working people if he were returned to the White House was always detached from reality.

Trump has wasted no time in putting his anti-worker agenda into motion. Trump has rolled back overtime rules and denied workers overtime pay that they have deserved. Worker safety and protections are under assault from this administration, but it is what they are doing to the Veterans Administration that is damaging on multiple levels.

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler responded after the Trump administration announced that they were terminating the contracts of unionized VA workers:

Every American who cares about the fundamental freedoms of working people should be outraged by this attack on workers’ ability to speak out and stand up at the VA. This union-busting decision…