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EPA Council Will Keep Fighting After Trump Administration Cancels Contract

August 11, 2025

EPA Council Will Keep Fighting After Trump Administration Cancels Contract

AFGE’s council representing more than 8,000 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency says it will keep fighting for its members and their critical jobs after the agency said it was cancelling our negotiated contract.

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Categories: EPA, The Insider

The Activist: Twunjala Bradley, Environmental Protection Agency

August 21, 2023

The Activist: Twunjala Bradley, Environmental Protection Agency

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

AFGE Wins Union Election at EPA Facility in Michigan

May 30, 2023

AFGE Wins Union Election at EPA Facility in Michigan

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

AFGE Wins Remote Work Arbitration Against EPA

March 06, 2023

AFGE Wins Remote Work Arbitration Against EPA

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

Burned Out EPA Workers Demand More Staffing, Pay

February 21, 2023

Burned Out EPA Workers Demand More Staffing, Pay

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

AFGE Local Files Suit Against EPA Seeking Remote Work Documents

October 31, 2022

AFGE Local Files Suit Against EPA Seeking Remote Work Documents

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

AFGE EPA Council Kicks Off Campaign for New Contract

June 13, 2022

AFGE EPA Council Kicks Off Campaign for New Contract

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

EPA Announces Delay of Houston Lab Closure – A Win for AFGE

May 09, 2022

EPA Announces Delay of Houston Lab Closure – A Win for AFGE

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

AFGE EPA Council’s New Leadership Sets Priorities for 2022

January 31, 2022

AFGE EPA Council’s New Leadership Sets Priorities for 2022

Marie Owens Powell has recently been elected president for AFGE Council 238 by acclamation!

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Categories: EPA, The Insider

AFGE EPA Council Signs Landmark Agreements with EPA to Expand Telework, Have More Flexible Work Schedules

December 06, 2021

AFGE EPA Council Signs Landmark Agreements with EPA to Expand Telework, Have More Flexible Work Schedules

At the EPA, the future is telework.

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AFGE Works with Congress to Prevent Closure of EPA Lab, Brain Drain

December 06, 2021

AFGE Works with Congress to Prevent Closure of EPA Lab, Brain Drain

AFGE is working with coalition partners to prevent the closure of an EPA laboratory in Houston.

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Categories: EPA, The Insider

EPA Ditches Trump-Era Contract, Restores Workers’ Rights

April 12, 2021

EPA Ditches Trump-Era Contract, Restores Workers’ Rights

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

Inspector General: EPA Reopening Plans Lack Consistency in Health & Safety Measures

December 07, 2020

Inspector General: EPA Reopening Plans Lack Consistency in Health & Safety Measures

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider, Coronavirus

AFGE EPA Council Declares No Confidence in EPA’s Ability to Protect Workers Against COVID-19

October 19, 2020

AFGE EPA Council Declares No Confidence in EPA’s Ability to Protect Workers Against COVID-19

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider, Coronavirus

EPA Appears to Confuse Briefings with Formal Union Negotiations

June 29, 2020

EPA Appears to Confuse Briefings with Formal Union Negotiations

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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Categories: EPA, The Insider

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