America makes a solemn promise to its servicemen and women: If you risk your life for this country, we will care for you when you return. For too long, that promise has been broken by a federal bureaucracy more devoted to protecting its unions than serving veterans.

That changed this year. In a bold and long-overdue move, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins ended most collective bargaining agreements for the department’s 430,000 unionized employees. His action follows a March executive order designed to put veterans first and strip away the union roadblocks that slowed hiring, blocked accountability, and siphoned resources away from patient care.

For the first time in decades, the VA can operate as what it was meant to be: a service organization dedicated entirely to those who serv

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