Staff needed to move patients to other hospitals and get the grounds ready for the storm that was projected to be the region’s strongest on record.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been dragging its feet and failed to reach a single agreement with AFGE after 14 weeks of contract negotiations.
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AFGE calls on VA leadership and Congress to fully fund staff and expand VA resources after shocking revelations from a new survey of approximately 2,300 VA employees and veterans.
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The VA has demanded that the AFGE National VA Council terminate all existing local supplemental agreements, which constitutes a waiver of the union’s bargaining rights. This prompted NVAC to file a second national grievance.
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Senators took action after months of activity led by our union across the nation.
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The AFGE National Veterans Affairs Council (NVAC) and the VA are back in Washington, D.C. for a new round of contract negotiations over the largest union contract in the federal government.
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The VA needs to improve hiring processes and hire thousands of new employees.
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AFGE Local 781 is calling for an investigation into cronyism, bullying, racism, and toxic work environment at the Edward Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital outside Chicago.
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AFGE is mobilizing locals nationwide to fight back against the VA’s efforts to close dozens of health care facilities across the country.
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Check out our recap of the AFGE NVAC Health and Safety Conference.
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AFGE urges the commission, the administration and lawmakers to reject all efforts to close facilities and replace VA care with outsourced care.
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The negotiation teams met on March 1 in Phoenix to begin renegotiating 12 of the 67 total articles in the master agreement.
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Former and current nurses and physician assistants working at the VA from 2012 until the end of last year will get $145 million because of a lawsuit seeking unpaid overtime pay.
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When there’s a safety violation that the agency refuses to address, we take the issue to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) so it can investigate.
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AFGE Local 589 Chief Steward Patrick Freeman's quick action helped save a life.
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