On June 23 last year, President Trump signed into law the Veterans Affairs Accountability Act, promising to help the VA get rid of unethical managers and help veterans get their health care faster. But one year after the bill became law, the law has been a massive failure – as we predicted.

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The Government Accountability Office has just issued a new report on wait times at private hospitals under the VA’s “Choice” privatization program, and it’s not pretty. The sad thing is, the pro-privatization lawmakers don’t care.

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By voting to pass the VA MISSION Act, Congress is punting on their responsibility to care for the men and women who have served our country, and are taking an extremely dangerous step toward privatization. It is a sad day for the 9.3 million veterans who rely on the VA for their health care and for the more than 120,000 veterans who work there.

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Defense and Veterans Affairs firefighters work long, dangerous work weeks to protect our country’s military installations and VA medical facilities and rescue people from dangerous situations. With the passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, we can better care for their health.

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Some lawmakers in Congress, led by House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe, voted to send our wounded warriors to unaccountable, inferior, more expensive, for-profit health care providers. But these providers don't specialize in veteran health care. 

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The House Veterans Affairs Committee May 8 passed a bill that would pave the way for a wholesale privatization of the VA.

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Hundreds of AFGE and National VA Council Safety and Health representatives across the country met for a three-day training to sharpen their skills and learn new techniques in workplace safety.

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Health and safety in the workplace could be a matter of life and death. That’s why the National VA Council would like to invite you to join its annual Safety & Health Conference this April 16 - 20, 2018

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After months of short-term continuing resolutions and two government shutdowns that disrupted the livelihoods of millions of federal workers and the programs they serve, federal employees can breathe a sigh of relief.

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President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address on Jan. 30, making several claims about federal employees that raised eyebrows. We fact-checked his speech below and set the record straight.

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Understanding the state of our union requires understanding the state of federal agencies which serve as the backbone of our government and provide taxpayer services to the American people. Here's a look at our agencies' state of the union.

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AFGE is calling on Congress to launch an investigation into the two main contractors running the Department of Veterans Affairs’ controversial Choice program after the VA watchdog found that they have defrauded taxpayers by nearly $90 million.

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Here’s how wealthy private-hospital CEOs and their allies plan to hijack our country’s veterans health care system in broad daylight.

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Doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals continue to take to the streets to shine a spotlight on the 49,000 vacancies at Department of Affairs hospitals nationwide. Understaffing deprives veterans of the critical care they deserve and were promised when they signed up to serve the country.

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There are so many reasons we love veterans. They risk their lives for our country. Many return home with wounds both visible and invisible. Their families sacrifice too. Many veterans come home not to retire but to serve again as civil servants -- 1 in 3 federal employees are veterans. Here's what you can do to support veterans on Veterans Day and beyond.

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