DAYTON VA CHANGES 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, CHANGES AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ARE AFFECTING EMPLOYEES WORKING AT A DAYTON AIR FORCE BASE. 
YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY), THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ISSUED AT STATEMENT THAT IT WAS ENDING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FOR MOST VA UNION EMPLOYEES. BACK IN APRIL, UNION DUES STOPPED BEING DEDUCTED FROM AIR FORCE CIVILIAN PAYCHECKS. IN ITS STATEMENT, THE VA CITED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK BEING PAID ON TAXPAYER-FUNDED UNION TIME. THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT THERE WERE OVER TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT THE DAYTON VA MEDICAL CENTER AND MANY OF THEM ARE AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE IN POLICY.