Hampton VA Medical Center
Hampton VA Medical Center
At the 54th International Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Convention, AFGE President Everett Kelley and AFSCME President Lee Saunders emphasized that attacks on federal workers are part of a broader strategy to dismantle unions and concentrate power among theā¦
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), representing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, is contesting a March directive from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that eliminates collective bargaining rights for TSA workers. AFGE argues that this move is retaliatory, targetingā¦
A new report from The Guardian exposes the real-world fallout of Trumpās so-called āDepartment of Government Efficiencyā (DOGE) reforms at the VA. Internal documents show: Itās exactly what frontline staff have been warning for months: cuts are happening fast, careā¦
A new piece in The American Prospect lays out a sharp warning: VA Secretary Doug Collins is quietly dismantling the VA from the inside, pushing policies that strip out services, cut staffing, and shift care into the private sector. Theā¦
The U.S. House just passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes major cuts to federal employee retirementāpart of a larger push to fund Trumpās $4.5 trillion tax package. Hereās whatās in the bill: Some proposed changesālike switching pensions to aā¦
In a major decision this week, the Supreme Court gave President Trump the green light to fire members of key federal oversight boardsāincluding the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which handles appeals from federal employees who are disciplined or fired.ā¦
A federal judge has halted the Trump administrationās plan to carry out mass layoffs across most major federal agencies. This means departments like the VA, Interior, and Education cannot move forward with their reduction-in-force (RIF) plansāat least for now. Theā¦
The VA announced it is eliminating the extra approval step for veterans seeking community care referrals. Under this new policy, VA doctors can refer patients to private providers directly, without requiring an additional VA doctor to sign off. This implementsā¦
Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) ā who represents parts of the Hampton VAMC service area ā has introduced a bipartisan bill to modernize the VAās medical supply chain using a cloud-based inventory management system. The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panettaā¦
On May 9, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to resume using controversial disciplinary statutes from the 2017 VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act (Public Law 115-41). These powers had been largely abandoned afterā¦