Patrick O'Heffernan
“Tort Reform” Will Handcuff Lawyers Fighting for National Guard Families
Whose side is Bush on – the companies’ or the troops’?
CBS News reported this week that thousands of National Guard troops are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to find that they have been fired in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. The CBS report went on to say that increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Government sources quoted by the Public Broadcasting System report that jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten for over 4000 returning Guard and Reservists since 2001.
