VA Begins Attack on our Union, Due Process
July 23, 2018
The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun implementing the administration's executive order purging unions and gutting your rights to fight injustice in the workplace.
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Happy 88th Birthday, VA!
July 16, 2018
Since its creation in 1930, the VA has been a world-class organization, providing health care and life-changing benefits to millions of veterans across the country. The VA is also home to medical breakthroughs, inventions, and Nobel Prize laureates. VA’s tremendous research and partnerships with academic institutions have far-reaching impact and have transformed the world of medicine. This kind of success is due in no small part to dedicated VA employees – 1 in 3 are veterans themselves.
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One Year Later, VA Accountability Act Is a Massive Failure
June 18, 2018
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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VA, Pay, Workers' Rights, Privatization, Veterans, Job Cuts, The Insider, Contracts, Organizing
Revealed: Veterans Wait Longer for Care at Private Hospitals
June 08, 2018
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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AFGE Condemns Passage of VA MISSION Act
May 25, 2018
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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AFGE Victory for Our Federal Firefighters
May 25, 2018
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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Lawmakers Sabotage VA, Then Vote to Privatize It
May 21, 2018
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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House Committee Approves VA Privatization Bill
May 14, 2018
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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VA, Congress, Pay, Workers' Rights, Privatization, Veterans, Labor, Job Cuts, The Insider
Sharpening Their Health and Safety Skills
April 30, 2018
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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You Don’t Want to Miss This VA Health & Safety Conference
April 09, 2018
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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President Signs Long-Term Spending Bill
March 26, 2018
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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SSA, DoD, VA, EPA, Senate, Congress, Pay, Budget, Benefits, Outsourcing , Privatization, The Insider, White House
Fact Checking Trump’s SOTU Claims About Federal Employees
February 05, 2018
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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VA, Senate, Congress, Workers' Rights, Outsourcing , Privatization, Veterans, The Insider, White House
Federal Agencies’ State of the Union is Understaffed
January 29, 2018
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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SSA, DHS, DOJ, VA, EPA, Budget, Outsourcing , Privatization, BOP, Veterans, Job Cuts, The Insider
Two Main VA Contractors Found Defrauding Taxpayers by $90 Million
January 12, 2018
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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2 New Bills, 6 New Ways Privatizers Want to Slash and Burn VA Hospitals
December 04, 2017
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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