Democratic House Members Ask EPA to Resume Bargaining With Union

Democrats in the House of Representatives have asked EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to return to the bargaining table in an ongoing contract dispute with the agency’s workers.

The request, in a letter signed by 227 Democrats and one Republican, asks the Environmental Protection Agency to resolve the contract disagreement. In October, 41 Senate Democrats asked the EPA to explain why it allegedly walked away from labor talks.

At the heart of the dispute is a new agreement between the EPA and the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents some 8,000 of the agency’s 14,000 workers.

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