United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Labor-Management Relations

National Grievances

 

 

NATIONAL GRIEVANCES

 

 GRIEVANCE  DATE  RESPONSE  STATUS

AFGE Grievance over "failure of the collaboration process with regards to Social Workers"

10/16/08

AFGE Grievance over the use of USA Staffing

 6-27-2008

 8-04-2008 and Counter Grievance

 9-30-2008 AFGE Response to Counter Grievance/Notice to Invoke Arbitration

AFGE Grievance over the elimination of the 7422 Primer 

  3-12-2008

  4-14-2008

 ongoing

 AFGE Grievance over overtime pay for Police Officers for donning and doffing equipment and related activities assigned to be performed prior to and after their tour

 3-10-2008

   4-29-2008

 ongoing

 AFGE Grievance over Official Time for those attending the 2008 AFGE Legislative Conference

2-22-2008

4-07-2008

 ongoing

AFGE Grievance over travel expenses for Master Agreement negotiations

2-19-2008

3-04-2008

ongoing

 AFGE Grievance over VBA  consolidation of Virtual Information Centers (VIC)

  7-13-2007

  8-13-2007

ongoing

 AFGE Grievance over VBA Veterans Service Representatives (VSR) Overtime

  6-08-2007

  7-16-2007

  Management requested additional information from the union. 

 AFGE Grievance over violations to 38 USC 7411

 3-16-2007

  04-27-2007

  The parties are close to reaching a settlement agreement.

 AFGE Grievance over Hazardous Duty Pay and Environmental Pay

  1-05-2007

   

 AFGE Grievance over Official Time for training at the Multi-District Conference in Atlanta, GA- June 12-16, 2006

 9-08-2006

  10-05-2006

 The grievance was withdrawn June 11, 2007

AFGE Grievance over Compensation Panels for Doctors and Dentists

5-16-2006

6-23-2006

03-02-2007 7422 decision overImplementation of VA Health Care Personnel  Enhancement Act of 2004, Public Law 108-445

 AFGE VBA Grievance over VSR Revised Performance Standards

 5-01-2006

 

 Settlement Agreement signed on July 29, 2008

Grievance over official time for the AFGE 2005 Human Rights Training Conference

06-11-2005

9-08-2005

Settlement Agreement signed on March 2, 2007

AFGE Grievance over Hey VA! Message about the Nurse Org. of Veterans Affairs (NOVA)

6-09-2005

07-14-2005

Settlement Agreement signed on April 17, 2008

AFGE Grievance over "Tentative Proposals" during Master Agreement negotiations

5-25-2004

06-08-2004 and 7-09-2004

Arbitration Award - June 27, 2005

AFGE Grievance over Master Agreement negotiations, Article 30, Staff Lounges

4-02-2004

4-22-2004

Arbitration Award- January 25, 2005

AFGE Grievance over Article 46, section 5 and "Particularized Need"

5-24-2004

6-07-2004

Arbitration Award- April 12, 2005

AFGE Grievance over Saturday Premium Pay

1-30-2004

Management responses dated 3-04-2004 and 4-02-2004/Union response dated 3-19-2004

Arbitration Awards-February 16, 2005 and May 30, 2007

Exceptions filed by Management over May 30, 2007 Arbitration Award

AFGE Grievance over travel and per diem for union team negotiators who are outside the local area in places where there are two or more locals at one facility under one management

6-13-2003

7-25-2003

Arbitration Award-May 25, 2005