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- Largest VA Employee Union Echoes Senators’ Call to Address Persistent Staffing Shortages
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AFGE Calls on VA to Reduce Reliance on Private, For-Profit Health Care Providers Following Damning Report
Published: April 12, 2024Categories: VA
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Largest Veterans Affairs Union Applauds Introduction of the VA Correct Compensation Act, Urges Swift Passage
Published: December 06, 2023Categories: VA
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Largest Federal Employee Union Reaches Tentative Agreement with Veterans Affairs Department on Union Contract
Published: April 06, 2023Categories: VA
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Rock Island Arsenal Employees Outraged Over Forced Contract
Published: April 03, 2023Categories: VA
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AFGE Calls on Congress to Expand Bargaining Rights for Thousands of VA Providers
Published: September 27, 2022Categories: VA
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Largest Federal Employee Union Celebrates Signing of PACT Act into Law
Published: August 10, 2022Categories: VA
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AFGE, Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute Decry Severe Short Staffing in Veteran Health Care Facilities Revealed by New Survey
Published: August 03, 2022Categories: VA
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Largest Veteran Affairs Union Lauds House Passage of Legislation Defunding the VA AIR Commission
Published: July 21, 2022Categories: VA
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Largest Federal Employee Union Applauds Senate Plan to Block VA Closure Commission
Published: June 27, 2022Categories: VA
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AFGE Veterans Committee Chair Calls on Biden and Congress to Stop the Closure of Veteran Hospitals and Clinics
Published: April 20, 2022Categories: VA
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Largest Veterans Affairs Employee Union Outraged by Recommendation To Close VA Facilities, Deny Veterans Choice, and Cut Jobs
Published: March 08, 2022Categories: VA
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Contract Negotiations Start Between Veterans Affairs Union and Department of Veterans Affairs
Published: March 02, 2022Categories: VA
- Largest Federal Employee Union Applauds U.S. House of Representatives for Passing Legislation to Protect Health Care and Social Service Workers Against Workplace Violence
- Largest Veterans Affairs Union Praises Introduction of VA Employee Fairness Act in House and Senate
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60% of Veterans Affairs Union Members Polled Say They Weren’t Notified When Fellow Staff Members Contracted COVID-19
Published: January 18, 2021Categories: VA
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Largest Veterans Affairs Department Union Overwhelmingly Votes Against Ratifying Collective Bargaining Agreement
Published: January 08, 2021Categories: VA
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Lack of PPE, Chronic Understaffing, and Senior Leadership’s Mismanagement of COVID-19 Response Leads to Spike in Cases at the Veterans Affairs Department
Published: December 16, 2020Categories: VA, Coronavirus
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Largest Federal Employee Union Earns Backpay for Veterans Affairs Employees That Were Fired Unfairly Using Trump Firing Law
Published: November 20, 2020Categories: VA
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Largest Veterans Affairs Union Issues Statement on Explosion at the West Haven VA Medical Center
Published: November 13, 2020Categories: VA
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Trump-Appointed Panel Imposes Anti-Worker Contract Proposals on 265,000 Veterans Affairs Employees During Pandemic
Published: November 10, 2020Categories: VA
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Largest Union Representing VA Workers Applauds GAO Decision to Investigate Systemic Racism Within Agency Following Survey of Union Members
Published: October 02, 2020
- Largest Federal Employee Union Says Veterans Affairs Data Breach is ‘Disastrous but Predictable’ Result of Privatization Efforts
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Largest Federal Workers Union Decries Administration Efforts to Undermine Diversity and Inclusion Training in Federal Government
Published: September 05, 2020
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78 Percent of Union Veterans Affairs Employees Surveyed Say Racism is a Problem at the VA
Published: August 07, 2020Categories: Washington, D.C., VA