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Contract wins, campaigns, member voices, and the announcements that affect your job at VA Boston. Updated as it happens.
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Safe staffing isn't a perk — it's patient care
A letter from Local 221 on the staffing grievances we filed this spring, what management agreed to, and what every member can do next.
Tell management: fix the parking shuttle
Members on three shifts are paying for management's broken schedule. We're collecting signatures — add yours.
"My steward had my back" — a member's story
A food-service member on what it meant to walk into a fact-finding with the union beside her.
Housekeeping member wins back pay after grievance
Six weeks of improperly denied differential — recovered in full after the Local stepped in.
Local elections — nominations open through June 30
Every member can run and every member can vote. Here's how to put your name forward.
NVAC Council 53 update: new telework guidance
What the latest department guidance means for bargaining-unit employees — and where the contract still controls.
What official time actually gets you
The plain-language guide to how representation time works, and why it protects every member.
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