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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Union Veterans Council Leads Delegation to Express Solidarity with Ukraine

Will Attig (UA; pictured left), executive director of the Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO (UVC), led a delegation of labor leaders and working people to meet with Ambassador Oksana Markarova (not pictured) at the Ukrainian Embassy. The delegation expressed the U.S. labor movement’s solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Joining UVC in the delegation were representatives from the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA), Mine Workers (UMWA), Machinists (IAM), Ironworkers, AFT, AFGE, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) and the Solidarity Center.
Executive Council Statement

Resolution in Support of Our Nation’s Veterans and the Union Veterans Council

Our nation’s veterans, who bravely and proudly served our country in uniform, deserve family-supporting jobs with good wages, economic opportunity and fair treatment at work.
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Union Veterans Council Becomes 7th AFL-CIO Constituency Organization

During the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention, the AFL-CIO passed a resolution to form the Union Veterans Council. From its inception, the UVC was a force multiplier for union veterans and all working families in their fight for economic freedom and security. And we are proud to announce today that because of our success and growth the UVC is becoming its own nonprofit labor organization that was just recognized by the AFL-CIO Executive Committee as only the 7th official constituency organization in history.   
Executive Council Statement

Recognizing the Achievements of the Union Veterans Council and Designating It a Constituency Organization of the AFL-CIO

The AFL-CIO Executive Council recognizes the Union Veterans Council as a constituency organization of the AFL-CIO.
Speech

Shuler: Veterans Are Powerful Voices in Our Unions

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler’s remarks to the Union Veterans Council.
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Memorial Day: Honoring U.S. Military Personnel Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

Today is Memorial Day. There are more than 1 million working union veterans in the labor movement—found within every affiliated union of the AFL-CIO. For many of those veterans and their families, today is a day of reflection and remembrance. It’s up to all of us to honor the memories of those we celebrate today and to be there for our sisters and brothers who might be having a tough day.