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Ohio Union Veterans Council Demand Congressional Candidate Provide Proof of Combat Veteran Status

Union Veterans are giving Majewski a clear choice: provide the documents or suspend the campaign.

Justice Delayed, but Finally Delivered

Last week we welcomed home an American patriot who was unjustly deported six years ago.

Four Pilot Lights-Nothing Could Extinguish their Flames

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the September 2006 issue of Air Line Pilot magazine. Click here to read our 2016 article on 9/11 scholarship recipients.

Union Vets Prepare for the Eye of the Storm

(Washington D.C) As hurricane Dorian churns toward Florida’s east coast, union veterans find themselves in many vital roles during preparation for landfall. Members of the Union Veterans Council affiliated unions make up some of the most critical jobs our nation has in a time of crisis; from FEMA to our advanced forecasting systems these workers ensure Americans are informed and prepared.

DOD Partnership Establishes Union as a SkillBridge Provider

UWUA Initiative Creates a Pathway to Employment for Transitioning Members of the Military

Department of Defense Partnership Establishes Union as a SkillBridge Provider

UNION VETERANS FIGHT FOR TEXAS CATERING WORKERS

(Dallas Tx). On Tuesday morning as Texas Union Veteran Sam Tijerina drove from Pasadena Tx to Dallas he had a lot on this mind. His thoughts wandered as he passed mile makers and towns, he thought about his young family at home and the life that having a union job has provided them.

“A union card changed my life and has allowed me to live with dignity,” Tijerina said that morning.

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. That changed when he found a National Building Trades Registered Apprenticeship Program and became a Journeyman Pipefitter with the UA.

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. 

This vote gives our lawmakers a clear choice to either support America’s veterans, or once again overlook the reality that these patriots face every day. We truly hope they stand with us, as we stood for our country in uniform. 

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 away at the bank accounts of families all across this country. Imagine being forced to go to work every day without getting paid for the job you’re doing. Imagine having to choose between putting gas in your car so you can make it to work or putting food on the table for your family.

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 his firsthand accounts of veterans who are suffering extreme financial hardships under this unprecedented government shutdown.