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August 8, 2022

Initial 2022 Bargaining Proposals by AFGE Council 238 for Master Collective Bargaining with EPA

Initial 2022 bargaining proposals by AFGE Council 238: AFGE Preamble 06/03/2022 AFGE Union Rights 06/03/2022 AFGE Selective Placement Programs 06/03/2022 AFGE Scientific Integrity 06/03/2022 AFGE Reassignments and Reorganizations 06/03/2022 AFGE…

August 8, 2022

Largest National EPA Union Applauds Senate Climate Breakthrough

Marie Owens Powell, President of AFGE Council 238, which represents 7,500 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers nationwide, released the following statement in response to Sunday’s vote by the U.S. Senate…

June 8, 2022

Largest National EPA Employees’ Union Kicks Off Campaign for New Contract that Meets Climate Emergency Moment

AFGE Council 238, EPA largest union, representing over 7,500 employees, to begin contract negotiations with EPA on June 13;  Staffing, scientific integrity to drive discussions  U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, PEER…

May 13, 2022 USA Today

USA Today: A pass for polluting? Environmental groups, employees say EPA enforcement efforts lacking

May 5, 2022

EPA Union Demands President Biden Declare Climate Emergency, Ramp Up Federal Effort to Address Crisis

EPA employees also call on agency to invoke Defense Production Act, enact Clean Energy Standard, impose moratorium on new fossil fuel facilities WASHINGTON — The rank and file members of…

March 28, 2022 NBC Houston

NBC Houston: Workers call for reconsideration of pending relocation of Houston-based EPA lab

March 19, 2022

AFGE Council 238 Statement on Settlement of Unfair Labor Practices

During the last administration, AFGE filed a number of Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) actions with the Federal Labor Relations Authority which were finally settled with the Agency early last week.…

March 18, 2022 HuffPost

HuffPost: EPA Union Urges Agency To Scrap Trump-Era Plan To Relocate Houston Lab

March 7, 2022

E&E News: EPA, union set May date for return to office

Under the agreement between EPA and the agency's largest union, no agency employee represented by the union will be required to return to the office prior to May 2.

March 7, 2022

AFGE Council 238 Statement on Return to Office MOU

After seven months of negotiations, the Environmental Protection Agency and AFGE Council 238, the Agency’s largest employee union, on Saturday reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on office reopening. The…