EPA Contract News

• [LTE] VA won't succeed in trying to silence union – The Marietta Times
• In contract negotiations, EPA employees demand right to scientific integrity – The Progressive Pulse
• Trump Attacks Federal Workers; EPA Under ‘Systemic’ Threat – Labor Press
• Union looks to set scientific integrity principles in EPA contract – FCW
• Status Quo: Leadership changed at EPA Great Lakes office but focus is still business and agriculture – Great Lakes Better
• Another Walker Appointee Gets Top EPA Job – Wisconsin Examiner
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• Embattled EPA Workers Say They Need ‘Bill Of Rights’ Under Trump Administration – Huffington Post
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• EPA employees push 'bill of rights' to protect scientific integrity – The Hill
• Federal employee union starts contract negotiations with Trump’s EPA – Chicago Sun-Times
• Under Trump, EPA Workers Seek Bill of Rights to Allow Them to Protect the Environment and Public Health – EcoWatch
• EPA workers demand Bill of Rights – One Illinois
• EPA Employees Push 'Bill Of Rights' To Protect Scientific Integrity – Society of Environmental Journalists
• EPA Union Demands Right to Work on Climate Change as Talks Start – Bloomberg Law (subscription)
• Union, agency begin contract talks – E&E News (subscription)
• As New Contract Talks Begin, EPA Unions Seek Employee ‘Bill Of Rights’ – Inside EPA (subscription)
• EPA Workers Approach Contract Talks With ‘Guarded Optimism’ – Bloomberg Law
• EPA to resume contract negotiations with employee union – The Hill
• FSIP Ratifies Decisions in Response to Union Challenge; EPA Returns to Bargaining – FedWeek
• EPA, Union Reopen Negotiations After Agency Implements Unilateral Contract – Government Executive
• EPA returns to the bargaining table after harsh criticism – Federal Times
• EPA and Its Biggest Union Agree to Return to Bargaining Table – Bloomberg Law (subscription)
• FCW Quick Hits – Federal Computer Week
• More than 200 lawmakers urge EPA to negotiate new union contract – The Hill
• Democratic House Members Ask EPA to Resume Bargaining With Union – Bloomberg Law
• Head Back to Bargaining Table, House Democrats Urge Wheeler – Bloomberg Environment (subscription)
• Union says EPA refuses to renegotiate 'imposed' contract, despite push from federal regulators – The Hill
• Labor Authority Investigator Finds EPA Violated Law with Unilateral Contract – Government Executive
• Senate Dems: Trump EPA attack on its workers is illegal – People’s World
• FLRA Investigation Shows EPA Violated Labor Law – New Hampshire Labor News
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• Union Complaint Against EPA Backed by Labor Investigator – Bloomberg Law (subscription)
• Union Says EPA Refuses To Renegotiate 'Imposed' Contract – Society of Environmental Journalists
• Agency pushes for union talks, limits on telework – E&E News
• Union says relocating EPA emergency responders to Ann Arbor puts lives in danger – Michigan Live
• EPA employees say moving from Grosse Ile to Ann Arbor puts 'lives in danger' – News Herald
• EPA tells employees lab facility ‘meets all federal guidelines’ after air quality report concerns – Federal News Network
• Top official's move renews anger over teleworking limits – E&E News
• Union for relocated EPA employees pushes for air quality records promised at new workplace – Federal News Network
• Grosse Ile EPA station set to close; workers to be transferred to Ann Arbor pending air quality tests – News Herald (Southgate, Mich.)
• Outside Philly HQ, union officials protest their ouster from EPA offices – WHYY (Philadelphia)
• EPA to Close a Las Vegas Office, Reassign Employees – Gov Exec 
• Labor Dispute Between EPA, Workers' Union Heats Up – Bloomberg
• A crackdown on working from home is pushing the EPA’s workforce in Boston to the brink - Boston Globe
• [OP-ED] EPA worker rights under White House assault – The Hill
• President polluter – Chicago Reader
• EPA scientist confronts administrator over climate crisis at award ceremony – CNN 
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• EPA employee protests union contract while receiving award from Admin. Wheeler – The Hill
• Employee protests contract during ceremony with Wheeler – E&E News
• Career Feds Publicly Defy Trump Administration Over Climate Change – Government Executive
• [AUDIO] EPA Workers Attacked! Interview with AFGE Local 1236 President Bethany Dreyfus – Working Life