(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is restoring Collective Bargaining Agreements with six of its Unions - including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents 300,000 VA Employees - after a Federal Judge said the Department was defying her order to do so.

The contracts will temporarily remain in effect while these cases proceed through the Court.

AFGE’s National VA Council (NVAC) told its Members in an e-mail that VA’s Central Office is “instructing facilities to return to the status quo for all AFGE-represented Employees,” including everyone covered by the Master Agreement before VA unilaterally terminated it on August 5th, 2025.

“It appears that VACO is finally providing guidance and instructing facilities to take immediate steps to comply with the Court’s orders,” AFGE/NVAC wrote.

According to an updated memo from VA’s Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, obtained by the Federal News Network, Collective Bargaining Agreements have been restored for the following Unions, while the preliminary injunctions remain in effect: The AFGE; The Western Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (WFNHP), Veterans Affairs Staff Nurse Council (VASNC) Local 5032 at the VA Medical Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin; The United Nurses Association of California/Union of Healthcare Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) at the VA Medical Center, Loma Linda, California; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2168 at the Cheyenne, Wyoming VA Medical Center; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, (IAMAW) Local 1998 at the VA National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii; and Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Locals 572, 1029 and 1322.

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