“Anticipate the inevitable opportunities for legal challenges from organized labor – and be prepared for them to happen and be dragged out” (General Welfare, Dept. of Veterans, Page 653)

The writers here seem to understand that their personnel policies for the VA would be highly detrimental for the existing employees of the VA, and are preemptively preparing to fight the response. It is unclear here whether they anticipate a response to their plans to reclassify and fire many of the VA decision makers without cause, or their plans to transition increasing portions of VA operations into private contractors.