VA Secretary Says No Department Wide RIFs, But It’s No Time to Cheer VA Secretary Says No Department Wide RIFs, But It’s No Time to Cheer

VA Secretary Says No Department Wide RIFs, But It’s No Time to Cheer VA Secretary Says No Department Wide RIFs, But It’s No Time to Cheer

The woes of organized labor aren’t new to us. One of us (Steve) spent many years as a labor representative in the telecom industry, which has been downsizing its unionized workforce for 40 years, often issuing corporate announcements of significant pending “reductions in force” (RIF). When that RIF alarm bell goes off, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) have repeatedly mobil…