AFGE Applauds Judge's Decision Ordering VA Secretary Doug Collins to restore AFGE National VA Council contract covering

Source: AFGE Union website

WASHINGTON — Today, the American Federation of Government Employees National Veterans Affairs Council (AFGE/NVAC), the largest union representing more than 320,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, celebrates Judge Melissa DuBose’s March 13, 2026 decision granting the Union’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Judge DuBose ordered the reinstatement of the master collective bargaining agreement between AFGE/NVAC and the VA, as well as all local and mid-term agreements, finding that Secretary Collins and the VA likely violated the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Read more: https://www.afge.org/publication/court-orders-restoration-of-afge-veterans-affairs-collective-bargaining-agreement/