(WASHINGTON) – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) today criticized the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for continuing to offer exorbitant bonuses to managers in VA medical facilities and benefits offices while frontline staff struggle with limited resources to meet the growing needs of the nation’s veterans.
“The idea that frontline employees have to stretch resources with limited staff, while executives continue to receive large bonuses is mindboggling,” said Alma Lee, president of AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council, which represents 160,000 employees in the VA. “If the VA is serious about recruiting and retaining highly trained and capable staff, it should reinvest in frontline staff, not top level bureaucracy.”
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Been waiting a year for my claim , it's always more paper work or we are under staffed or we are backlogged or we lost your paperwork could you send it again
ReplyDeleteand it doesn't matter if it is certified return receipt.
Went to the VA hospital in washington dc 2 months ago and they don't have record of it.
My government at work obamie!!!
My husband waited 42 years, yes yers, for the va to acknowledge a hearing loss and agent orange complications. I think they wait that long hoping the vet dies so they can save the money. He finally found a person that worked for him not against him.
ReplyDeletethey always say they are short handed and I guess they are.