Trump's environment agency terminates contract with unionized employees


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  • Saturday, 09 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved to end its contract with unionized employees, according to the union's president, the latest actionin President Donald Trump’s push to weaken collective bargaining across the federal government.

The union, which represents 8,000 EPA employees, is planning a legal response to the decision, said Justin Chen, president of the agency's chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees, in a statement on Friday.

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