CLEVELAND, Ohio - U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown on Wednesday denounced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ decision to terminate contracts with most of its workers’ unions, describing it as a “a shameful assault on the workers who serve our veterans and keep the VA running every day.

“The nurses, caregivers, and frontline staff at (Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and facilities across America don’t ask for praise, they ask for a voice,” Brown, a Warrensville Heights Democrat, said in a statement. “And today, the Trump Administration told them to sit down and shut up.”

On Wednesday, VA said it is immediately terminating its contracts with most employees in the following unions: American Federation of Government Employees, National Association of Gove

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