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There is no credible way to eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs at VHA—especially front-line clinical roles—without harming veterans.

We are calling on VHA leadership and federal officials to put veterans first by fully funding and staffing VHA and respecting the rights of the workers who make this care possible.”

A man with glasses, bald head, wearing a blue polo shirt with patches, holding a megaphone and speaking to a crowd inside a building at sunset.

— Mark Smith, occupational therapist, President of National Federation of Federal Employees Local 1, representing healthcare workers at VHA.