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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AFGE helps whistleblower get reinstated after wrongful termination.
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AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council (NVAC) and the Department of Veterans Affairs are getting ready to renegotiate a new contract following.
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The AFGE National VA Council (NVAC) and the VA have reached a historic settlement to restore workplace rights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Key takeaways and AFGE's position on the budget proposal.
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AFGE applauds the introduction of the “VA Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Modernization Act."
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An arbitrator rules VA engaged in bad faith bargaining during contract negotiations with AFGE.
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