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Save Veteran Construction Training Programs

After coming home from the Army, Union Veteran Council Executive Director Will Attig struggled to find his place. “I came home without a job, a degree, or a future”, Attig said.

Save Veteran Construction Training Programs

Give 1.3 Million Vets a Raise:Union Vets calls on Congress to Pass "Raise the Wage Act'

In a strongly worded letter, the Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO has urged members of Congress to pass the Raise the Wage Act, which will directly improve the lives of more than 1.3 million American veterans currently earning less than 15 dollars an hour. 

Give 1.3 Million Vets a Raise:Union Vets calls on Congress to Pass "Raise the Wage Act'

Government Shutdown: Where we stand

32 days and counting 

For those not affected by the Government shutdown it may seem like a distant battle being fought in Washington D.C., Though, for the millions of workers who are feeling the effects it is a crisis that is playing out in homes, on job sites and whittling a

Government Shutdown: Where we stand

VA SECRETARY WILKIE SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR ATTACKING VETERAN, AFGE LEADERS SAY

VA Secretary Wilkie should be ashamed for attacking veteran, AFGE leaders say

WASHINGTON – Leaders with the American Federation of Government Employees are calling out Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie for disparaging a disabled combat veteran who shared hi

VA SECRETARY WILKIE SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR ATTACKING VETERAN, AFGE LEADERS SAY

Union Veterans Council: VA Secretary’s Disparaging Statement Shameful

Statement from AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Attig on Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie criticizing the notion that the ongoing partial government shutdown may lead to suicides among veterans:

Union Veterans Council: VA Secretary’s Disparaging Statement Shameful

Call To Action-Stop the Shutdown

The National Union Veterans Council is calling on all local Union Veterans and supporters to stand side-by-side with the nearly quarter of a million veterans that work for the federal government and are currently furloughed or working without pay.

Call To Action-Stop the Shutdown