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The pandemic continues to create housing difficulties. Many families and landlords are challenged with getting caught up with mounting bills.

In June 2021, the Department held a number of Safety Stand Down meetings with VA employees across the country. These meetings constituted formal discussions under 5 U.S.C. §7114(a)(2)(A). As a result, the Department was required to provide the Union with advance notice and an opportunity to participate in the discussions. However, at many facilities, the Department failed to do so. NVAC filed a national Unfair Labor Practice charge against the Department on June 21, 2021.

Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dies at age 72 By BRIAN SLODYSKO and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press

The pandemic continues to create housing difficulties. Many families and landlords are challenged with getting caught up with mounting bills.

President Biden often says that our Nation’s most sacred obligation is to prepare and equip the troops we send into harm’s way, and to care for them and their families when they return home. The second part of the obligation belongs to us here at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as we work tirelessly to fulfil that obligation. I am proud of and grateful of your efforts to do so.

After several emails to the VA Secretary from the VBA Mid-Term Bargaining Committee and Local VBA Union Presidents, VBA Management has decided to adjust the RVSR And DRO performance standards.

Under Article 62 of the Master Agreement, AFGE bargaining unit employees of the Veterans Canteen Service (“VCS”) are entitled to a meal allowance that will be increased annually according to changes in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). Multiple AFGE Locals have reported that their VCS employees have not received such increases since the execution of the 2011 Master Agreement

Veterans Affairs to mandate COVID vaccine for health care personnel, first such mandate for federal agency.

As you know, during the previous administration, we witnessed unprecedented attacks on workers’ rights, collective bargaining, and federal sector labor unions. With the support of our members and AFGE VA Locals, NVAC has been fighting hard to protect the rights of VA employees and the dedicated union officials who represent them.