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Through the Union, We Are Together as One.

Military veterans on the value and support unions bring to their jobs and lives.

Why are you voting Social Media Project

The Union Veterans Council is calling on YOU to help us Get Out The Vote on social media this week -- and to show everyone that Veterans are an integral part of the voting process.

HELMETS TO HARDHATS

Career opportunities for veterans in the building trades.

UNION PLUS MORTGAGE GRANT

Grants for union members who've served in the U.S. armed forces.

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The Union Veterans Council and Pride at Work call for the immediate reversal of the Trump-era ban on patriotic Americans serving in the military.

The Union Veterans Council and Pride at Work call for the immediate reversal of the Trump-era ban on patriotic Americans serving in the military. 

 Washington DC- The Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO, and Pride at Work, AFL-CIO call for the immediate reversal of the Trump-era ban on patriotic Americans serving in the military. Banning transgender Americans from volunteer military service is an insult to our troops, the LGBTQ community, and our nation’s founding principles.

Western PA Union Vets on Frontlines for Labor

When a union is in a fight, UVC knows how important it is to show up. That’s why we were proud to stand with unionized staffers of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette last Friday. For nearly a decade and a half, these workers have tirelessly covered the news--without enjoying a salary raise. That means that in real terms, these reporters are being paid less today than they were in 2006, an outrage given the current economic crisis.

Union Veterans Council Condemns Racism in Georgia Senate District 23 Race

Union Veterans Council Condemns Racism in Georgia Senate District 23 Race

Racist attacks against veteran and candidate Ceretta Smith are unacceptable

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO (UVC), the labor movement’s organization for union veterans, decries the racist, violent and vulgar attack against Georgia Senate District 23 candidate and Army veteran Ceretta Smith.

Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO Launches 2020 Political Program

UVC will target veteran voters in key swing states and support Bi-Partisan Congressional champions

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO is proud to announce the launch of its political program to speak to union and veteran voters in key swing states and support Congressional champions of veterans issues in their election and reelection campaigns.

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