“Donald Trump wants to throw veterans to the wolves,” said American Federation of Government Employees president J. David Cox Sr. on Monday. Trump said that if elected President he would shut down the existing VA health care system and instead turn vets over to the for-profit system. However, independent assessments have found that the VA’s health care is best for veterans on both cost and quality and veterans themselves overwhelmingly want their health care to come from the federal government. "If Trump were serious about caring for veterans,” Cox said, “he would invest in the only health care system that is tailored to veterans, that is better than all others, and is working every day to become even stronger."
There are three events on today’s labor calendar, from a noontime discussion on the Puerto Rico financial crisis at the AFL-CIO to “Bargaining for the Common Good: Lessons from Los Angeles and Beyond” at 2:30 at Georgetown and then at 6:30 the National Writers Union hosts a panel discussion on “SPY vs. SPY” as Jim Ellenburger and his co-authors of the spy thriller “High Hand” compare notes with a real spy, retired KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin, at the International Spy Museum. For complete details, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1934, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union organized in Tyronza, Arkansas. In 1995, Detroit newspaper workers began a 19-month strike against Gannett, Knight-Ridder. The strike became a lockout, which lasted four more years. Today’s labor quote is by Pope Francis “A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between the affluent and those who must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table, but above all to satisfy the demands of justice, fairness, and respect for every human being.”
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