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EPA Union Demands 139 Workers Placed on Leave Be Returned to Work, Warns Agency is Infringing on Free Speech in Letter to Zeldin
AFGE Council 238 Calls Out Lack of Legal Basis, Demands All Investigatory and Disciplinary Actions to Be Ceased; Letter Comes Amid Worker Actions Demanding End to Retaliation AFGE Council 238 July 10, 2025 Washington, DC – AFGE Council 238, representing…
AFGE Council 238 President Justin Chen Condemns Trump Admin’s Retaliation Against EPA Workers: ‘We will not be intimidated into silence’
NATIONWIDE— On Thursday, July 3 the Trump Administration placed 139 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers on investigatory administrative leave in retaliation for signing a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin voicing concern for administration policies that undermine the EPA’s mission…
Union’s Telework and Remote Work Grievances Move Forward “On the Papers”
We are in the Arbitration process for the Grievances of the Parties for Telework and Remote Work, and we are conducting the arbitrations “on the papers.” What this means is that there is not a hearing, but we are exchanging…