RI federal judge issues temporary order restoring VA employee union contracts

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,247

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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A Rhode Island federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must restore an agency-wide collective bargaining agreement nullified last year, leaving hundreds of thousands of unionized workers without union safeguards.

U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose decided that Local 2305, a regional chapter of the national American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and AFGE National VA Council (NVAC) were unlawfully deprived of their bargaining agreement when VA Secretary Doug Collins canceled …

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