NVAC 40th Anniversary Timeline |
| 1962 There were 43 VA Lodges |
1963 John Donovan from San Francisco, CA was elected first National VA Council President, Royal Sims from Philadelphia, PA was elected Vice President and E.A. Hoard from Waco, TX was elected Secretary-Treasurer in Seattle, WA
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| 1964 Council receives permanent charter status Royal Sims elected as second National VA Council President in Dallas, Texas |
| 1977 Al Crespo was elected as the third National VA Council President |
1978 Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) was signed into law by President Carter
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| 1979 Arte Pierce was elected fourth National VA Council President in Washington, D.C. |
| 1980 Consolidated unit certified by the FLRA in Certificate No. 22-08518 (UC) |
1982 First Master Agreement Covering Non-Professionals “Title 5”
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1989 Membership at 29,000 13th Triennial Convention held in Minneapolis, MN
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1992 Alma L. Lee elected fifth National VA Council President 14th Triennial Convention, Clearwater, FL Membership increases to 35,159
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| 1993 Hatch Act Reform legislation became law on October 6, 1993. Family Medical Leave |
1994 Membership continues to rise to 38,408 Department of Veterans Affairs Labor-Management Partnership Agreement signed New EEO Complaint Processing Requirement Clinical Programs Dietetic Service Charter establishing a National Total Quality Council, signed by Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Alma Lee, AFGE National VA Council President.
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| 1995 Membership progressively grows to 39,435 15th Triennial Convention held in Palm Springs, CA Government shutdown locking out all employees VBA Midterm Bargaining team established NVAC negotiated full time Director of Information Technology |
| 1996 Membership leaps to 41,257 |
| 1997 Second Master Agreement negotiated; covering 125,000 professionals, non-professionals, Title 5 and Title 38 for the first time |
1998 Membership climbs to 43,090 16th Triennial Convention held in Atlanta, GA Convention Delegates adopted a vision and revenue proposal for representation, organizing, legislative, education and training
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| 1999 Membership increases to 43,952 |
| 2000 Membership ascends to 44,779 NVAC hires a full-time lobbyist to work on VA issues. Nurse pay initiative was passed by Congress to improve the pay of nurses and other Title 38 employees First Annual NVAC Legislative Conference held in Washington, DC (over 100 union activist attended) |
2001 Membership reaches 48,697 17th Triennial Convention held in Palm Springs, CA Largest election in FLRA history. NVAC wins NFFE vote (23 new facilities and over 10,000 new bargaining unit employees)
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| 2002 Membership soars to 51,509 NVAC Physician Task Force established |
2003 Membership rockets to 54,129 NVAC hires full-time attorney Department of Veterans Affairs demands to reopen Master Agreement
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2004 Membership at record setting 56,434/ largest bargaining unit in AFGE 187 locals Saturday Premium Pay for Title 5 employees signed into law Hybrid Title 38 Legislation signed into law
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2007 Alma Lee re-elected to sixth term National VA Council President record setting 63,000,000. Continues to be the largest bargaining unit in AFGE.  |
2010 Alma Lee re-elected to seventh term National VA Council President record setting over 81,000. Continues to be the largest bargaining unit in AFGE.  |
March 2011 Current and third Master Agreement signed in Washington, DC. signed by Eric K. Shinseki , Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Leslie Wiggins, DAS Office of Labor Management Relations; Alma Lee, AFGE National VA Council President and Jogn Gage American Federation of Government Employees President.  |
