'If we don't fight, nobody else will': Vets, advocates rally at Northport VA facility to protest any cuts
“People are nervous,” said Lloyd Butler, 54, a computer specialist who has been working at Northport VA for 36 years. He described a bleaker mood at the workplace. “Seniority used to mean something, but now you don't know what's going to happen — if you're going to have a job or not,” said Butler, of Wyandanch.
There already have been more than 2,400 job cuts to the department nationwide, according to statements the federal agency released last month. In addition, Collins has said nearly 600 "non-mission-critical or duplicative" agreements worth about $900 million were canceled as part of an ongoing comprehensive review of the department's 90,000 contracts.