A few weeks ago, the AFGE Local at the Phoenix VA Medical Center was asked by management to agree to contracting out Scheduling Clerks positions and even drafted a Memorandum of Understanding for them to sign. The Local reached out to Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick’s office and filed a demand to bargain. As a result, management informed the Local last week that they will not move ahead with the outsourcing plan, which would have displaced 30 hardworking employees.