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Veterans Day: Good Jobs for Returning Veterans Transform Lives of Military Families

The best Veterans Day honor anyone can provide a returning veteran is a good job. Here’s the story of Helmets to Hardhats doing just that.

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Veterans Day: AFL-CIO's Union Veterans Council Says 'Welcome Home and Thank You'

Veterans Day: AFL-CIO's Union Veterans Council Says 'Welcome Home and Thank You'

James Gilbert is director of the AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council.

Whether they served on the beaches of Normandy, the rivers of Southeast Asia or the deserts of the Middle East, Nov. 11 is the day we honor our country's veterans. Originally proclaimed a holiday by President Wilson in 1919, Nov. 11 was chosen because major hostilities of WWI were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with Germany signing the Armistice. 

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