House Lawmakers Call on EPA to Support Diversity Negotiation (1)

Aug. 23, 2023, 11:00 AM UTCUpdated: Aug. 23, 2023, 5:25 PM UTC

More than 40 House members called on the EPA to bargain in good faith with its biggest union over a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) article in ongoing contract talks.

If the Environmental Protection Agency is to perform its mission, it “needs a highly trained, well-supported, diverse, and inclusive workforce,” wrote the lawmakers, led by Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), in a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan.

The EPA and the American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, which represents more than 8,000 agency employees, have been bargaining for a contract for more than a ...

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