# VA Hospital ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-hospital/737467>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-hospital/737467 "2015-11-13T16:03:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-hospital/737467/1 "2015-11-13T16:03:39Z")

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Are the VA hospital employees considered Civil Service, union members, both?

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-hospital/737467/2 "2015-11-13T16:18:57Z")

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There are some hired under civil service. I don’t know of any unions except possibly maintenance workers for regular staff. Medical staff has their own set of regulations. Executives are appointed. There are a lot of contractors also.

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**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-hospital/737467/3 "2015-11-13T19:51:13Z")

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The employees could be both if they have organizes and voted to be union. But that would be hospital by hospital not as a total.