NVAC fights for your rights and protections at the VA. When you join, you become part of that movement and ensure VA remains strong for future generations.
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NVAC
The National Veterans Affairs Council remains the largest bargaining council within the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents over 311,000 employees for the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, throughout the nation. NVAC is also the fastest growing Council within AFGE. The Union has continued to build the voice for all VA employees; including professional and non-professional employees.
VA AFGE 2023 MASTER AGREEMENT
On August 8, 2023, the negotiating teams from AFGE National VA Council and the Department of Veterans Affairs met in Salem, VA, to execute the 2023 Master Agreement. This signing ceremony marked the end of a six-year fight to protect the Master Agreement. Together, with the help of tens of thousands of members, the AFGE National VA Council withstood a barrage of attacks to weaken worker protections by the VA.
In addition to renewing nearly all of our 2011 Master Agreement, the 2023 Master Agreement includes revisions to Article 23 that aim to help modernize and improve the VA’s hiring procedures for the benefit of American veterans and VA workers alike. We hope these improvements will help address the chronic staffing shortages that NVAC members have been sounding the alarm on for decades. The remainder of the 2011 Master Agreement will be rolled over!
Despite years of tough negotiations and attacks from the VA, we never backed down. We’ve never stopped fighting for VA workers and veterans.
In the end, NVAC accomplished what we set out to do:
Protected workplace health and safety rules
Safeguarded rights to negotiate over new policies
Defended attacks to strip investigation rights
Preserved union official time
Maintained telework rights
Modernized the hiring process to reflect changes in the modern-day VA workforce
Ensured pathways for upward mobility, professional development, and career advancement
Guaranteed the opportunity to improve performance prior to disciplinary action
We can’t get through this without humility, compassion, and hope. Resources will tighten and fear will be everywhere, but we want to protect what we’ve built. We have to be the kind of leaders our members look at, willing to sacrifice for the greater good.
