Our Veterans Make Us Strong

Veterans Day Statement from CWA President Chris Shelton:

This Veterans Day, our nation must renew its commitment to honoring our veterans instead of using them as props for political games.

At a time when the President and Republican political leaders should be focused on strengthening our veterans' health care system, they are outsourcing the responsibility by pushing veterans into the private marketplace with fewer resources for the help they need and deserve from our nation.

At a time when the President and those same Republican political leaders should be protecting veterans from fraud and abuse at the hands of the big banks, they are instead blocking veterans from joining together to fight back against being cheated.

At a time when the President and Republican leaders should be doing everything they can to help veterans find good, well-paying jobs in their communities, they are continuing to award federal contracts to companies that send good jobs offshore and they are providing tax incentives that encourage companies to send even more jobs overseas.

Read the full statement here.