AFGE 3197

02/01/2026

Join AFGE National VA Council around the country to honor our union brother Alex Pretti. There will be a vigil outside of the Seattle VA Hospital from 3pm to 5pm Sunday February 1st.

01/25/2026

Another post about the murder of our union brother, Alex Pretty.

The National VA Council is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own, Alex Pretti, of Local 3669. Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Hospital and answered the call faithfully every day to care for our veterans. This tragedy has shaken us all because what happens to one of us impacts all of us. We send our deepest condolences to the Pretti family during this difficult time.

To Alex: Your selfless sacrifice to serve our veterans will forever be remembered. May you rest in peace. We will continue the mission you dedicated your life to. - President MJ Burke

01/25/2026

We are saddened by the death of Alex Pretti. He was an ICU nurse at the VA and an AFGE member.

He was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. We don't have all the facts yet. Remember that whatever is said about our brother, you can watch the videos and judge yourself what happened.

Rest in Peace, Alex

09/09/2025

There is a rally every Tuesday outside of the Columbian Way entrance of the Seattle VA. People from Veterans for Peace, other unions, and the community come out to support VA workers. Come join us from 3 to 6pm.

08/12/2025

Support the workers of the Seattle VA tomorrow, August 12th from 4pm to 5:30 pm outside of the Seattle VA at the S Columbian Way entrance

08/11/2025

Today, AFGE 3197 moved out of our office in the VA to our new one. We will continue to represent the employees of the Seattle VA even without our contract.

AFGE is not going anywhere. We will win our contact back. We hope that when we get our office back the Agency will have it nice and clean for us.

08/09/2025

This week the VA illegally terminated the contact of AFGE and 4 other unions. We have been kicked out of our offices and had our official eliminated so we can't represent employees. Most importantly, our rights were stripped from us.

AFGE will continue to represent employees in and way we can. We will continue to fight for workers' rights.

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing 320,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expressed outrage after VA Secretary Doug Collins notified AFGE that he was “implementing” Executive Order 14251 by terminating the master collective ba...