Legislative Alert
Letter to Senators Urging Them to Support Amendments to National Defense Authorization Act
… Dear Senator: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to support the following amendments to H.R. 1735 (the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2016): 1. Support the Commissary Privatization Study (SA 1728) The … has imposed on the size of the civilian workforce. If both workforces are capped, then it is more difficult to shift work performed by downsized civilians to more expensive contractors. In an ideal world, neither workforce would be capped. …