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VA says it\u2019s ended most collective bargaining agreements<\/h2>\n

The decision ends union protections for 377,000 employees, more than three-quarters of VA’s workforce.<\/p>\n

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\n Jared Serbu<\/a>@jserbuWFED<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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\n August 6, 2025<\/span> 6:54 pm<\/span> <\/p>\n

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The Department of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday it was terminating most of its contracts with federal employee unions, one of the most significant consequences to date of a March executive order<\/a> that sought to eliminate collective bargaining across a large swath of agencies on \u201cnational security\u201d grounds.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the department said it had notified five large unions that VA was ending their collective bargaining agreements, effective immediately. The affected unions are the American Federation of Government Employees, the National Association of Government Employees, the National Federation of Federal Employees, the National Nurses Organizing Committee\/National Nurses United, and the Service Employees International Union.<\/p>\n

According to federal employment records, up until Wednesday, VA had more than 377,000 employees represented by unions out of a total workforce of 483,000. The only exceptions to the contract terminations were for police, firefighters and security personnel who were exempted from the executive order. Officials said there were roughly 4,000 employees in those exempt groups.<\/p>\n

Although the initial March order made use of a legal provision that allows the President to suspend collective bargaining for national security reasons, VA\u2019s Wednesday announcement made no reference to national security. Instead, department officials said they were ending the agreements because unions \u201chave repeatedly opposed significant, bipartisan VA reforms and rewarded bad employees for misconduct.\u201d They said ending collective bargaining for VA employees would allow those workers to spend more time with veterans.<\/p>\n