EPA Union Kicks Off Lobbying Push for Funding, Labor Rights

The EPA’s primary union launched one of its biggest congressional lobbying effort ever on Monday, a three-day blitz in which more than 40 agency staff members from across the US will sit down with hundreds of lawmakers.

One of the union’s top priorities is the right to collectively bargain and be protected from retaliation, said Justin Chen, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 238.

A bipartisan government funding package President Donald Trump signed in January provides $8.8 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency in fiscal 2026. The measure spares the EPA from the 55% cuts the White ...