Leader Schumer Slams Trump Administration’s Stripping VA Workers Of Their Rights And Endangering Care For Our Nation’s Veterans

New York, N.Y. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it was ending collective bargaining agreements with several unions representing its employees, many of whom are vets themselves:

"This cruel, anti-vet, and anti-worker order will endanger healthcare for our nation's veterans. Our VA is already understaffed, and still suffering from thousands of mindless 'DOGE' firings, and this latest assault on 80% of the VA workforce will damage the delivery of healthcare to our veterans. The Trump administration is stripping away the rights of our VA union workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, undermining one of the very freedoms our veterans fought to protect-Americans' right to organize. Taking away VA workers' rights will make it even harder to hire and retain the well-trained nurses, claims specialists and mental health counselors that our veterans desperately need. Trump and Secretary Collins are stooping to a new low trying to settle political scores by tearing up contracts at the VA, and our veterans are going to be the ones that suffer."

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