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Save Veteran Construction Training Programs

After coming home from the Army, Union Veteran Council Executive Director Will Attig struggled to find his place. “I came home without a job, a degree, or a future,” Attig said. That changed when he found a National Building Trades Registered Apprenticeship Program and became a Journeyman Pipefitter with the UA.
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Union Veterans Council Leader Attig to Help Gov.-Elect Pritzker Serve Illinois Veterans

Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Attig will serve on Ohio Gov. J.B. Pritzker's transition team, the Serving Illinois' Heroes Committee. Attig will help make sure that Pritzker and his administration are ready to serve veterans right out of the gate.
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Union Veterans & Labor Volunteers Team Up With Community to Restore Interior of American Legion

Nearly 100 union volunteers spent their Saturday painting the interior of an American Legion Post. The effort, led by the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Union Veterans Committee and the Community Service Liaison, began after legionnaire Jim Heimann noticed his home post of more than two decades was beginning to look a little dingy. Heimann is a Vietnam Veteran who describes the Legion as a "place to be with other veterans who have gone through what you’ve gone through." Union Veterans couldn’t agree more with Hiemann, a gathering place for veterans is essential to the men and women who have served our country to maintain camaraderie.
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A Memorial Day Message from Will Attig, Iraq War Veteran and Union Veterans Council Executive Director

A message from Will Attig, Iraq War veteran and Union Veterans Council executive director, on Memorial Day.
Legislative Alert

Letter to Congress Opposing Attacks on Union Rights of Working People at the Veterans Affairs

For the 120,000 veterans who work at the VA, this bill is not only a slap in the face but a betrayal of the promise that they would be guaranteed fair treatment if they came to work for the federal government.
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Medical Experts, Union Veterans Council Say, 'Don’t Shut Down Veterans Hospitals'

A wide range of experts, including veterans service organizations, leading academics and medical experts came together in Washington, D.C.., to oppose cuts to the VA and to explore the future...