AFGE Calls for More Hiring at VA Following Senate Hearing
May 23, 2022
The VA needs to improve hiring processes and hire thousands of new employees.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
Articles
AFGE Stories
Filter:
AFGE Local Calls for Investigation of Mismanagement at Hines VA Hospital
May 16, 2022
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.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
AFGE Locals Mobilize Against VA Closures, Urge Senate to Halt Confirmation of AIR Commission
April 25, 2022
AFGE is mobilizing locals nationwide to fight back against the VA’s efforts to close dozens of health care facilities across the country.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
AFGE NVAC Health and Safety Conference Re-energizes Activists, Imparts New Skills
April 18, 2022
Check out our recap of the AFGE NVAC Health and Safety Conference.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
AFGE Condemns Recommendations to Close VA Facilities
March 14, 2022
AFGE urges the commission, the administration and lawmakers to reject all efforts to close facilities and replace VA care with outsourced care.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
Future of VA Workforce Depends on These Contract Negotiations
March 07, 2022
The negotiation teams met on March 1 in Phoenix to begin renegotiating 12 of the 67 total articles in the master agreement.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
VA Nurses, Physician Assistants to Get $145 Million in Overtime Pay In One of the Largest Overtime Case Settlements Involving Feds
February 28, 2022
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.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
Louisville VA Hospital Refused to Address Electrical Hazards. AFGE Got OSHA to Cite Them.
November 08, 2021
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.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
AFGE Chief Steward Saves Life at Mississippi VA Hospital
November 01, 2021
AFGE Local 589 Chief Steward Patrick Freeman's quick action helped save a life.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
A VA Doctor Was Fired After Blowing the Whistle on Fraud. AFGE Took VA to Arbitration and Won.
October 12, 2021
AFGE helps whistleblower get reinstated after wrongful termination.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
AFGE, VA Prepare to Renegotiate New Contract
September 20, 2021
AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council (NVAC) and the Department of Veterans Affairs are getting ready to renegotiate a new contract following.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
AFGE, VA Reach Historic Settlement, Resetting Contract Negotiations
July 26, 2021
The AFGE National VA Council (NVAC) and the VA have reached a historic settlement to restore workplace rights.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
Another Win for the AFGE National VA Council!
July 12, 2021
In June 2021, NVAC and the VA reached a settlement resulting in the VA’s agreement to cease and desist its practice of unilateral pre-hearing submissions in cases arising out of Section 714 of the Accountability Act.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
FLRA Tells VA to Reinstate Employees Fired Under Trump’s Firing Law
July 06, 2021
In a major victory for AFGE and employees at the VA, the FLRA rejected the VA’s latest appeal to reconsider its decision that the VA had violated a union contract.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
Bill to Grant Title 38 VA Health Care Professionals Full Workplace Rights Gains Momentum in Congress
June 21, 2021
The VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021 has passed the House Veterans Affairs Committee and is waiting to be considered by the full House of Representatives.
Read More
Categories:
VA, The Insider
