Hampton VA Medical Center
Hampton VA Medical Center
Veterans lose telework, unions sue over Defense Department bargaining and Agriculture Department cuts, and a court blocks a labor-board power grab.
American Federation of Government Employees fights a bill hurting veterans; the Supreme Court ends an agency protection; workers keep winning.
This week in federal labor: a Department of Veterans Affairs overhaul bill, threats to civil-service job protections, and union wins. June 12-18, 2026.
The VA–AFGE Master Collective Bargaining Agreement expires August 8, 2026. The VA has already signaled in court it plans to use that date as an exit ramp from court-ordered worker protections.
On April 2, 2026, VA Central Office issued formal guidance ordering all VA facilities to comply with the VA-AFGE Master Agreement — the same contract that protects your rights on the job. Hampton VAMC management is now under orders from both a federal court and VA Central Office to restore what was stripped away.
A ProPublica investigation found 500 fewer VA psychologists and psychiatrists and nearly 700 fewer social workers since Trump took office. Veterans are losing their therapists. At Hampton VA Medical Center, the staff left behind carry the weight — and the union is fighting for them.
A new independent survey finds federal employee engagement has collapsed to 32 out of 100 — the worst ever recorded. The Office of Personnel Management canceled the required survey. Here is what the real data shows and what it means for Hampton VA Medical Center employees.
A federal judge threatened to hold the Department of Veterans Affairs in contempt of court on March 27, 2026, after the VA secretly re-terminated the union contract covering 320,000 VA employees — defying her earlier order to restore it. Judge DuBose granted AFGE's (American Federation of Government Employees) enforcement motion and set a contempt hearing for April 3.
A federal court ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to restore the AFGE collective bargaining agreement, local supplements, and memoranda now.
A new agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Justice gives VA attorneys unprecedented power to initiate guardianship proceedings for homeless veterans — stripping their autonomy and putting VA employees in an impossible position.