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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AFGE scores major win after an appeals court ruled that the VA improperly applied a new law expediting an employee’s removal.
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“I don’t want to be sick. I want to be out there doing all that I can to help my patients."
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AFGE locals say VA is failing to provide appropriate equipment to protect workers during coronavirus outbreak.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to silence frontline staffers.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs and AFGE are scheduled to meet Dec. 3. It’s not clear, however, what issues are going to be discussed as the VA has not responded to the union as of Dec.1.
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Medical services and benefits provided to female veterans at VA facilities nationwide must meet their unique needs and circumstances.
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Despite its vital mission and massive responsibility, the VA has been struggling to fill nearly 50,000 vacancies nationwide.
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AFGE and other unions representing employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs completed the final step in our lawsuits against the VA for removing hundreds of employees from official time.
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AFGE condemns the act of violence against federal employees and federal facilities following reports of two shooting incidents at an ICE office in San Antonio, Texas, and a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
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A federal arbitrator has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to remove an online listing of major disciplinary actions taken against VA employees.
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