CLEVELAND, Ohio - U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown on Wednesday denounced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ decision to terminate contracts with most of its workers’ unions, describing it as a “a shameful assault on the workers who serve our veterans and keep the VA running every day.

“The nurses, caregivers, and frontline staff at (Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and facilities across America don’t ask for praise, they ask for a voice,” Brown, a Warrensville Heights Democrat, said in a statement. “And today, the Trump Administration told them to sit down and shut up.”

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In the eyes of the US, if you as a soldier end up surviving to retirement, you're doing it wrong. The US treats them like tie fighters.