Now that President Biden has rescinded Trump’s executive order that kicked unions out of VA facilities, the VA announced Feb. 16 that they are inviting AFGE locals back.
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AFGE members are hopeful that McDonough, if confirmed by the Senate, will work with the union to rebuild the VA and its workforce.
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AFGE members at the VA overwhelmingly voted against ratifying an unfair collective bargaining agreement imposed by an anti-worker labor panel appointed by the Trump administration.
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Senior leaders within the Department of Veterans Affairs have continued to put VA staff and veterans’ lives at risk throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alma Lee, president of AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council, was honored by AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments this year with the first-ever Woman of Labor Award.
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GAO is launching an investigation into systemic racism at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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AFGE applauds Biden for supporting the work VA employees do serving our veterans.
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AFGE is calling on the VA to change its dental practices at a VA dental clinic in Chicago which has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases among VA facilities nationwide.
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Contract negotiations between AFGE and the Department of Veterans Affairs have completed with both sides waiting for FSIP to issue a decision that would impact the lives of VA employees for years to come.
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Long hours, too many administrative duties, broken hiring promises, a hostile workplace, lack of equal bargaining rights, and the ongoing open attacks on unions demoralize VA employees on a daily basis.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving forward with its anti-employee, anti-veteran agenda by submitting management proposals, many illegal, to the impasses panel that has the authority to impose management directives.
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The outbreak and severe shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other life-saving medical equipment have affected everyone in the country, including veterans receiving medical care and other services from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Latest ruling says VA violated the collective bargaining agreement and the executive order itself when it unilaterally implemented Trump’s executive order restricting official time two years ago.
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As the coronavirus outbreak raged on with cases in the U.S. nearing one million, employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Baltimore were worried about their own health and safety.
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AFGE National Veterans Affairs Council sues the Federal Service Impasses Panel and its parent agency, the Federal Labor Relations Authority for illegally appointing impasses panel members.
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