Trump's VA Strips Protection From Workers' Contract

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By Alice Ollstein | May 24, 2018 6:00 am

The Department of Veterans Affairs this week unilaterally scrapped an Obama-era provision in their labor contract, stripping many of doctors and nurses of the right to have a union representative advocate for them at a hearing at which they are being disciplined or fired. The effect, a union representing federal workers says, will be to make it easier to fire government employees.

The VA sent a “notice of repudiation” to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) on May 21 informing the union that the VA would no longer comply with this piece of the union contract, which has been in effect since 2011, calling it “null, void and unenforceable.”

The provision ensured that workers could have AFGE representation when they were called before either a Disciplinary Board or a Professional Standards Board — panels that determine whether a federal worker can be demoted, suspended or terminated.

VA Press Secretary Curt Cashour told TPM that the provision in question “interferes with federal law,” adding: “VA never should have agreed to it in the first place.”

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/trumps-va-strips-protection-from-workers-contract

[Ohiogal]

1. "Interferes with federal law" my ass!

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More Saint Ronnie mind set .... "Government is the problem". So, let's fire all the government workers we can!

I'm wondering .... what federal law does this interfere with, anyway?

[turbinetree]

2. And just think the US Supreme Court is going to rule on another labor law protection

this coming June on whether scabs who don't like paying dues, can get the benefits of "collective" bargaining, because part of the dues goes to help keep members apprised on what fucking politicians are trying to do to them.....................like fuck them over, and turn the entire country into a scab Right to Work for Less country.......................

And as for Curt Cashour--------------do you think you and your scab president are interfering in the rights of the nurses and the doctors, who want representation............after all it is done with a 50 +1 majority. But I forget, your scab president that sexual predator lost an election by 3 million votes by 65 million to 63 million...................and since you and your scab boss like to just fire people, maybe the society at large will fire you shortly in November .....................the Wave is coming


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[nolabels]

3. The strategy is running a ground is seems

I was sure the republicans were trying to keep it quiet before the run-up to November but it looks like they have too many perpetual leakers in the boat

[turbinetree]

4. Yepper, spot on