Tensions rise outside Colorado Springs VA clinic over union contract terminations

Tensions rise outside Colorado Springs VA clinic over union contract terminations

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Protesters gathered outside the Colorado Springs VA Clinic Thursday night, voicing opposition to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ decision to terminate most union contracts across the agency. The VA announced last week that it ended most union contracts following a presidential executive order. About 4,000 VA police officers, firefighters, and security guards are not affected, but nearly 370,000 other employee…

Colorado Springs residents protest VA cutting contracts with unions

Roughly 20 Colorado Springs residents and Veterans Affairs employees gathered Thursday outside of Floyd K. Lindstrom Clinic to protest the agency ending its contracts with several large unions.