At agencies like the VA, more than 100,000 former service members have been adversely affected by Republican attacks.

The U.S. is home to 17 million military veterans. About 1.3 million of them currently work in union jobs, with women and people of color making up the fastest-growing cohorts. Veterans are more likely to join a union than non-veterans, according to the AFL-CIO. In half a dozen states, 25 percent or more of all actively employed veterans belong to unions. In the heyday of industrial unionism…

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