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NVAC 50th 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

Local Number	City and State	Activity Status
Local 17	Washington, D.C.	Active
Local 120	Coastsville, PA	Disband
Local 138	Detroit, MI	Active
Local 320	Lexington, KY	Disband
Local 390	St. Cloud, MN	Active
Local 490	Los Angels, CA	Active
Local 665	Amarillo, TX	Disband
Local 940	Philadelphia, PA	Active
Local 1012	Lyons, NJ	Active
Local 1043	San Francisco, CA	Disband
Local 1133	Louisville, KY	Active
Local 1151	New York, NY	Active
Local 1159	San Francisco, CA	Active
Local 1168	Bronx, NY	Active
Local 1226	Knoxville, IA	Active
Local 1509	Sioux Falls, SD	Active
Local 1557	Denver, CO	Active
Local 1667	Brooklyn, NY	Active
Local 1669	Wilkesboro, PA	Active
Local 1715	St. Louis, MO	Disband
Local 1739	Madison, WI	Active
Local 1738	Salisbury, NC	Active
Local 1765	Chicago, IL	Active
Local 1793	Philadelphia, PA	Active
Local 1816	Altoona, PA	Active in TX (DOD)
Local 1822	Waco, TX	Active
Local 1844	Murfreesboro, TN	Active
Local 1891	Memphis, TN	Disband
Local 1963	Danville, IL	Active
Local 1966	Lebonon, PA	Active
Local 1985	Dublin, GA	Active
Local 2031	Cincinnati, OH	Active
Local 2039	St. Louis, MO	Disband
Local 2044	Wood, WI	Disband
Local 2060	Columbia, SC	Active in CA (DLA)
Local 2062	New Orleans, LA	Active
Local 2074	Cleveland, OH	Active in CO (DOI)
Local 2097	Brooklyn, NY	Disband
Local 2107	Downey, IL	Active
Local 2145	Richmond, VA	Active
Local 2155	Hines, IL	Disband
Local 2157	Portland, OR	Active
Local 2201	Fayetteville, AR	Active

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

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)

1989 Membership at 29,000 13th Triennial Convention held in Minneapolis, MN

1992 Alma L. Lee elected fifth National VA Council President 14th Triennial Convention, Clearwater, FL Membership increases to 35,159

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.

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

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)Now representing over 140,000 bargaining unit employees Saturday premium pay guaranteed for Title 38 Hybrid NVAC negotiated a full-time Executive Administrative Assistant for the Council office

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

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

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 John Gage American Federation of Government Employees President.

2013 Alma Lee re-elected to eighth term National VA Council President with nearly 95,000 members. Continues to be the largest bargaining unit in AFGE.

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August 25, 2014 AFGE/National VA Council reaches 100,000 members.

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NVAC 50th Anniversary Timeline

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