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What an "Indicative Ruling" Means for the VA Union Contract Fight
Yesterday we covered how the VA is telling employees that the union contract is canceled while the appeals court calls the question unresolved. On Friday night, the union filed a n...
VA Says Your Union Contract Expired. The Court Order It Cites Calls the Question "Unresolved."
The VA has told employees that their AFGE union contract has expired and that managers now follow VA policy alone. The appeals court order the VA is relying on says something diffe...
VA Told Congress It Cut $120 Billion in Contracts. The Inspector General Found $1.1 Billion.
A new VA Inspector General report on last year's VA contract terminations found that some staff had only hours, in some cases less than 11, to review hundreds of contracts marked f...
Every VA Hospital Reported Severe Staffing Shortages. Then VA Called Its Own IG Report Unreliable.
The VA Inspector General's annual staffing shortage report is out, and for the first time in the seven years Federal News Network has tracked these reports, every one of the 139 VA...
VA Union Contract and August 8: What the Master Agreement Actually Says
The AFGE–VA master agreement reaches its three-year terminal date on August 8, 2026, and whether the contract ends that day comes down to a single paragraph that most coverage has ...
The VA Rescinded Disabled Veterans' Telework — Then Called the Backlash "Absurd"
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rescinding telework accommodations for disabled veterans on its own payroll — and telling at least one employee that his 150-mile daily commut...
VA Mental Health Staffing Crisis and Veteran Rights
For veterans already struggling to get mental health care, the most troubling part of this story is not a single bad experience. It is the pattern. According to the transcript, the...
The VA Is Losing Frontline Staff—and It’s Hurting Veterans
In recent months, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has quietly shed nearly 7,500 frontline employees—the very people who serve veterans face-to-face every day. The result? A...
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