Legislative Alert
Letter to Senators Opposing a Bill That Would Undermine the Civil Service Protections of Veterans Affairs Employees
… Dear Senator: The AFL-CIO urges you to oppose the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 1094) unless major changes are made to it. In its current form, it is a destructive piece of legislation that singles out the workers at the Department of the … will not fix the VA’s management problems or help weed out bad employees. More likely, it will allow supervisors to shift the blame for mismanagement to front line employees, while at the same time diminishing protections against …