Reed petition seeks to keep VA jobs in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is trying to keep about 800 Veterans Administration jobs downtown.

The VA announced last week that it planned to consolidate jobs at an office in Overland. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (https://bit.ly/1kHUYnT ) reports that aldermanic president Lewis Reed is circulating a petition through the White House website to keep the jobs in the city. He needs 100,000 signatures by April 9.

Reed says the loss of the jobs would be a big blow to downtown.

The plan calls for VA workers to move from rented space to a government-owned building in Overland.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, https://www.stltoday.com