AFGE Local 1509

06/17/2026

06/05/2026

AFGE Local 1509 Dues Paying Union Members!!!
Join other Union members in the Sioux Empire area at the bird cage for Union Night!

June 13th @ 5:35pm

Local 1509 membership will be required. Please send an email to [email protected] with the amount of tickets you’ll need and Ariel will send you a Venmo Request for payment!

I will need the email by noon on Wednesday, June 10th and payment will need to be sent by 4:00pm on Wednesday, June 10th so I can place the final ticket order in time.

$10.45 per ticket after taxes and fees.

Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out to the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one,
two,
three strikes,
you're out,
At the old ball game! ⚾️

06/04/2026

NVAC is heading back to the bargaining table to fight for the future of the VA and the protections of its employees, because🔽⁠
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A STRONG CONTRACT = A STRONG VA⁠
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Every improvement in working conditions is an improvement in veteran care, and veterans receive the best care when VA workers have a voice on the job!

06/03/2026

Join us for a free breakfast and good conversation at the Sioux Falls Labor Temple, 101 South Fairfax.

We're meeting every second Sunday from 9 to 11 a.m. Drop in whenever, stay as long as you like. Family friendly. No registration needed.

This is a space for union members, workers thinking about organizing, and anyone who wants to help build the labor movement in the Sioux Falls area. Each month we'll have a short program covering labor history, how to organize a union, and how to grow and strengthen the unions we already have.

June 14 we're starting with the basics and getting to know each other. Programming builds from there.
Bring the kids, grab a plate, and connect with folks who care about working people.

Dates:
Sunday, June 14
Sunday, July 12
Sunday, August 9

9 to 11 a.m. | Free breakfast | Family friendly | Sioux Falls Labor Temple, 101 South Fairfax

05/20/2026

Stop by for a water, Snickers bar and some Union information if you are out walking on your break today for the VA 2K Walk and Roll.

05/19/2026

Join Us Today!!!

May 19th for the AFGE Townhall & Information Update Day!

Come and Go Event Happening Today! Please stop by on your break during your tour.

12:30 to 4 in the VA Auditorium

Local 1509 Members, and for those wanting to stop by to sign up! Join us for a come and go event from 4:30 to 6pm at Krav’n!

3512 W 74th St
Sioux Falls

05/19/2026

Join Us Today - May 19th for the AFGE Townhall & Information Update Day!

Come and Go Event Happening Today! Please stop by on your break during your tour.

12:30 to 4 in the VA Auditorium

Local 1509 Members, and for those wanting to stop by to sign up! Join us for a come and go event from 4:30 to 6pm at Krav’n!

3512 W 74th St
Sioux Falls

Appeals court denies VA’s request to reinstate termination of AFGE NVAC contract pending appeal.

05/07/2026

04/03/2026

At 6:30pm today, VACO-LMR provided a memoranda to the National VA Council concerning the Department’s implementation of the preliminary injunction restoring our Master Agreement. It appears that VACO is finally providing guidance and instructing facilities to take immediate steps to comply with the court’s orders.

VA Central Office is instructing facilities to return to the status quo for all AFGE-represented employees. This includes EVERYONE covered by the Master Agreement before the August 6, 2025 Termination.

Thank you to everyone who has joined our fight to protect the Master Agreement. For those of you ready to join the fight for the future of the VA, visit join.afge.org today!

STAY STRONG and STAY TOGETHER!

03/27/2026

GRANTED: NVAC’s Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction was granted this morning in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Today’s hearing confirmed that despite the VA’s unlawful actions, collective bargaining must be reinstated. The VA must comply.

During the hearing for our motion to enforce the preliminary injunction, Judge DuBose gave the VA until Tuesday to explain how its actions could be interpreted as anything other than contempt of court. Their refusal to implement the Court's order and their illegal re-termination of the contract are blatant disrespect not only for the Court's order but also for the law.

The National VA Council extends our deepest gratitude to all our members and leaders who provided evidence of the VA’s non-compliance. Those who have stayed with and joined our union are the reason we continue to win victories like today.