S.2824 - A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

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  • Official: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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4/7/2008--Introduced.Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. Requires a final decision of the VA with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a VA employee to be issued not late

Official Summary

4/7/2008--Introduced.
Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining. Requires a final decision of the VA with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a VA employee to be issued not later than 60 days after such action has been appealed. Subjects such decision to judicial review in the appropriate U.S. District Court or, if the decision is made by a labor arbitrator, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.


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04/08/08
AFGE Lobbying Efforts Result in Legislation to Extend Collective ...

S. 2824 amends Title 38 of USC §7422, governing the collective bargaining rights of the employees in the VA. The Senate joins the House clarifying Congress' ...

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05/27/08
AFGE | Press Releases - May 28, 2008 - AFGE Testifies Before House ...

AFGE commended Senator Rockefeller for introducing S. 2824 to restore collective bargaining rights, and cautioned Committee members that VA’s current assault on these rights undermines all other legislative efforts to address ...

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05/20/08
Ruth's Report: Pigs try to justify the stye they made

S. 2824 (Rockefeller) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs ...

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04/08/08
AFGE Lobbying Efforts Result in Legislation to Extend Collective ...

S. 2824 amends Title 38 of USC §7422, governing the collective bargaining rights of the employees in the VA. The Senate joins the House clarifying Congress' original intent to allow RNs, doctors, dentists and five other professions on ...

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