VA Ends AFGE Contract Again, Court Warns of Contempt Risk

The Department of Veterans Affairs re-terminated its master collective bargaining agreement with AFGE/NVAC covering more than 300,000 employees despite a federal judge’s injunction to restore it, invoking national-security exemptions tied to recent executive orders; the judge condemned the action as a disrespect of the court’s order and gave the VA until the close of business to explain why it shouldn’t be held in contempt, while AFGE seeks to enforce the injunction and the DOJ has appealed, signaling an ongoing legal battle over federal labor contracts amid broader national-security considerations.