"This week, the Trump administration announced that it is ripping up the union contracts of more than 400,000 VA workers—a brazen act of retaliation against the workers & unions who've been standing up to the administration’s illegal actions in court & in the streets."

aflcio.org/2025/8/11/ac...

The VA Wednesday terminated collective bargaining agreements for most of its employees, including nurses, food service workers, technicians and janitorial staff.

About 80% of VA’s 470,000 employees belong to a union.

Don't thank me for my service and cut my brother and sisters throats.

BREAKING: The VA just stripped union protections from 400,000+ VA workers. That means nurses, doctors, mental health counselors, housekeepers & food service workers who care for our veterans just lost their right to organize and speak up for patient safety. Unacceptable. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/...

Here’s the notice terminating EPA union contracts:

At a flea market table, looking through some pinback buttons (found a couple Teamsters). Guy next to me is looking a framed pic of A. Lincoln, pre-whiskers. He says to the dealer:

"You know why Lincoln grew a beard? An 8 year old girl* wrote him a letter and told him to."
(* She was 11 but..).