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11 Nov Happy Veterans Day

Posted at 12:33h in Union Veterans by

As we prepare to write the next chapter in America’s history, let us never forget our veterans, and the more than 1 million active union members, who have protected and served our country.

The BCTGM honors all those who wore the uniform of the United States, and we thank you for your service.

β€œI found a way through the military to gain that dignity and became a soldier, a leader. But when I came home, I found myself as that poor kid again in Southern Illinois because the economy was completely rigged against me. And I found myself struggling after serving multiple deployments in Iraq and serving my nation, leading soldiers until I found a welding program, I became a union pipefitter (and) my life got changed.

There’s a lot of similarities between military service and the labor movement, and I think that’s one of the reasons why we see our veterans succeeding (and) thriving in the labor movement.”

– Will Attig, Executive Director of the Union Veterans Council

Attig, was recently interviewed on the AFL-CIO’s State of the Unions podcast. Learn more at unionveterans.org or @unionveterans on Twitter.

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