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Veteran Day: More than Thanks
Nov 11, 2016

Today we honor all our Veterans.  The CWA Local 1103 Executive Board greatfully thanks all those that served.  Our CWA Union membership across the country is made up of thousands of Veterans and this is important; because, while it is heartwarming to thank a Veteran when you see them donning the cover of their service, it is more important to use this day as a call to action to support Vets each and every day.  When should you speak out?  When you hear of VA hospitals closing, federal budgets being reduced for the VA, cost saving by changing military pensions, a failure to address Veteran homelessness or unemployment.  Its time we do more that Thank a Vet, it time we fight for our Vets

Here is a portion of the 2013 Veteran's Day message from the AFL-CIO National President Richard Trumka that still rings true today:

On November 11 we celebrate Veteran’s Day, and it’s important to take this opportunity to honor the men and women who have served our nation to protect and defend the liberties and freedoms we all enjoy.

And yet it isn’t enough to speak words like “honor.”

America’s veterans need action, not words.

America’s veterans need a funded and functioning federal government. And veterans need us to protect Social Security, disability benefits and military pensions...

Congress should never balance the budget on the backs of the men and women who already sacrificed for our country. And we should honor our sacred obligations to the spouses and children of our wounded and dead veterans by protecting their benefits, not cutting them.

Let’s resolve this Veterans Day to do more than talk.

A souce of information can be found the Union Veteran Council website http://unionveterans.org/ .


CWA Local 1103
345 Westchester Ave
Port Chester, NY 10573
  914-939-8200

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