The third episode of AFGE’s new series, The Activist, highlighting our union members who have stepped up to help make a difference in the lives of their colleagues and our government.
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A discovery that remote workers at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facility in Ann Arbor, Mich., were about to get kicked out of the bargaining unit led an AFGE local to spring into action and save the employees’ workplace rights.
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An arbitrator ordered the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 in Boston to allow an employee to work remotely after the agency unreasonably denied her remote work request.
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AFGE Council 238 held a rally in front of the EPA headquarters in Washington, DC on Feb. 15, calling for more staffing, more pay, and more generous career ladders as a way to recruit and retain employees.
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AFGE Local 704 representing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers in Region 5 has filed suit against the EPA, seeking documents regarding the agency’s implementation of remote work for the workers.
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AFGE Council 238 leaders and members gathered for a virtual town hall meeting June 7 to kick off their campaign for a new contract.
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AFGE is happy to report that the EPA has postponed the closure of the Houston lab our union has been fighting to keep open until 2027.
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Marie Owens Powell has recently been elected president for AFGE Council 238 by acclamation!
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At the EPA, the future is telework.
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AFGE is working with coalition partners to prevent the closure of an EPA laboratory in Houston.
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The EPA has signed an agreement with AFGE removing anti-worker provisions from the contract and taking steps to renegotiate a new contract that will be more worker friendly.
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EPA’s reopening plans and each office’s safety measures are inconsistent and need to be improved to make sure employees are safe.
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The AFGE Council 238’s locals representing 7,500 Environmental Protection Agency employees nationwide recently voted that they have “no confidence” in EPA leadership.
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EPA leadership appears to have confused agency “briefings” on COVID-19 with formal negotiations with the union required under the law.
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13 improvements AFGE won in the new EPA contract.
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