Veterans Council Is Newest Constituency Group

by James Parks, Sep 15, 2009

IBEW delegate and U.S. veteran Mickey Harrington of Magalia, Calif., is among thousands of military veterans eligible to take part in the Union Veterans Council, the AFL-CIO’s newest constituency group.

Recognizing the service of the millions of veterans in the union movement, the AFL-CIO today voted to add the Union Veterans Council as the seventh AFL-CIO constituency group.

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) President Thomas Lee, a Marine Corps veteran, said the establishment of the constituency group will bring together union members who are veterans to speak out on veterans issues and support the appointment of labor-friendly veterans to government agencies.

J. David Cox, secretary-treasurer of AFGE and a former VA nurse, said we owe our freedoms to those veterans who protected our freedoms.

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