AFL-CIO Fights for Veterans Amid Attacks on Their Jobs, Health Care and Freedoms
On Veterans Day, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement:
My dad was a proud veteran. He signed up to join the Marine Corps right after high school and was deployed straight to Vietnam. When he came home, an Electrical Workers apprenticeship program put him on the path to a good job at Portland General Electric that lifted our family into the middle class.
That’s the promise unions honor and fight for today and every day: that when veterans come home, this country will have their backs. We can never fully repay veterans for the sacrifices they have made, but we can honor their service, stand up to attacks on the freedoms they fought to defend and protect the benefits they earned.
While the labor movement is working to expand vets’ access to good jobs, health care and a secure future, the current administration is undermining us at every turn. From ripping up union contracts and firing tens of thousands of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to cutting VA services and denying veterans care based on their political beliefs or marital status, the DOGE/Project 2025 agenda is jeopardizing veterans’ health, freedoms and futures.