Solidarity and Service at the VA [VIDEO]
January 15, 2016
For AFGE members, working at the Department Veterans Affairs is more than just a job – it’s a calling to give back to our nation’s heroes.
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For AFGE members, working at the Department Veterans Affairs is more than just a job – it’s a calling to give back to our nation’s heroes.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has opened its first clinic specifically geared toward treating transgender veterans. The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in Ohio will provide primary care, hormone therapy, and mental health care to up to 20 transgender veterans one day a month.
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American Prospect profiles the Veterans Health Administration highlighting the comprehensive treatment provided to our nation’s heroes.
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AFGE represents thousands of veterans working in our federal prisons, on our military bases, patrolling our borders, taking care of our nation's capital, and in government offices nationwide. AFGE also represents thousands of workers who serve veterans day in and day out, as doctors, nurses, and so much more.
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These survey results will change everything you thought about the VA.
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When Gulf War veteran Eric Young was medically discharged from the U.S Army in 1993 as a 60% service-connected veteran, he knew that he could trust the doctors and medical staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs to get him back on his feet.
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House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller is out promoting arbitrary firing and retaliation not only in the VA but governmentwide.
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Veterans are facing the choice of missing a doctor’s appointment or risk losing their job on a regular basis. This bill would change that.
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Some elected officials and organizations, including the misleadingly-named, Koch brothers-funded front group “Concerned Veterans for America,” have bashed the Department of Veterans Affairs at every opportunity.
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Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida’s attempt to exploit the VA crisis and Walmartize the VA and the entire federal government failed when his colleagues blocked an up-or-down vote on his extreme legislation.
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The deeper one person got into her VA career, the more apparent it became that those who speak up about problems with patient care were being ostracized, criticized and by certain managers. There was a dark side to the workplace she loved—a culture steeped in intimidation, retaliation and reprisal—and she knew that someone needed to do something about it. Read her story:
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On a cold day in February of 2013, veterans nurse Kathi Dahl sat before a Congressional committee in Washington, D.C. to sound the alarm. At a time when on one else wanted to talk about management's failure to announce and remediate an outbreak, Kathi stepped forward to demand action.
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AFGE welcomes new members to the AFGE family after having won four union elections during the past two weeks.
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Anyone who has been in a hospital knows that nursing professionals are often the first people you see when you enter and the last you speak to before you leave. What many do not know is that there are approximately 100,000 nurses across several federal government agencies serving countless patients each and every day.
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Anyone who has been in a hospital knows that nursing professionals are often the first people you see when you enter and the last you speak to before you leave. What many do not know is that there are approximately 100,000 nurses across several federal government agencies serving countless patients each and every day.
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