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Union representing 1000 federal @EPA employees who protect your health and the environment every day in 6 states across the Midwest. #SaveEPA
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Sorry, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, you have to follow the Hatch Act just like everyone else. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Our members were proud to picket today to say it loud and clear: NO to ICE presence in our workplace! Glad to stand with our partners: @chicagolabor.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @lrc.ifpte777.org

Today! Please stand with us to say NO to ICE in our workplaces!

Join us and @704afge.bsky.social on Wednesday for a picket, and federal workers present will re-affirm our oath of office! All ages and abilities welcome.

❌👑 TOMORROW ❌👑 ✊Two things are true in this country: we have no kings, and no president can stop people from peacefully speaking out. Tomorrow, millions will do just that. 🔗 Link in bio to join us in Chicago

Without these scientists, this community will lose its human health and environmental protections and have no way to address emerging contaminants, like PFAS, microplastics and endocrine disruptors. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/e...

EPA workers in NYC are speaking out against ICE arrests in their office building.

This decision by the Supreme Court is unbelievably harmful. Allowing the President to summarily fire the members of independent federal boards and councils will result in biased decisions that work against the interests of the American people.

In four months, President Trump and a chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk have hacked off chunks of government in the name of efficiency, with tactics rarely seen in public or private industry. Many federal workers said they believe cruelty is part of the plan.

The Trump cuts at EPA Region 5 are putting Americans across the Midwest in danger. Our members share their experiences in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story: t.co/ub7gNkrUlL

Standing in solidarity with thousands of Chicagoans today for International Workers Day, May Day, to send a message: We are strong, and we will never back down 💪

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations and lays off hundreds of workers.

On Earth Day, we held a funeral for public health and the environment, which are being killed by Trump/Musk’s dangerous and irresponsible cuts and policy changes. Their reckless actions WILL cause death and destruction in our communities if we don’t stop them!

From fighting endocrine disrupters to PFAS (forever chemicals) in your water, the Duluth lab is crucial to the protection of the Great Lakes and all of the fresh water bodies in the nation. The Trump administration’s proposed cuts are irresponsible. www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

Thousands rallied and marched around downtown Saturday afternoon to take part in a national day of action to say “hands off” to President Donald Trump’s administration.

🔥 Thank you to our US Representatives for fighting for us and for standing with us at Chicago's #HandsOff rally: Delia Ramirez, Mike Quigley, Jan Schakowsky, Chuy Garcia @ramirez.house.gov @quigley.house.gov @schakowsky.house.gov @chuygarcia.house.gov @indivisible.org

We will be there!

Former EPA leaders, both Republicans and Democrats, fear President Donald Trump is plummeting the U.S. back to the days of unchecked pollution at the behest of his campaign donors.

🚨 Trump & Musk's actions are harming people all over the world. At home, Trump, Musk & congressional Republicans are gutting services, raising prices & getting ready to slash Medicaid, Social Security & more. So who benefits? THEIR BILLIONAIRE ALLIES. For these & more reasons, we march on April 5!

Our members were proud to join today’s @transupfrontil.bsky.social rally in Chicago. We stand with our fellow Americans in the trans community who are also under attack from the Trump administration. Trans people’s liberties must be protected, and our struggles are intertwined. 💪

The hardworking and principled E.P.A. staff who protect you every day, like Ellie Hagen, are speaking out against the Trump administration’s irresponsible and dangerous efforts to hamstring our work:

"The way to (protect the Great Lakes) is not by chopping staff at the US EPA or rolling back Clean Water Act standards," said ELPC's Howard Learner. Federal workers @704afge.bsky.social rally against job cuts at EPA by DOGE via @nbcchicago.com www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-h...

Trump is attacking the rights of one million working men and women in the federal workforce with the goal of jamming through his anti-worker agenda and eroding government services that Americans rely on. I stand in solidarity with AFGE and the labor movement. We will fight back.

The labor movement is not about to let Trump and an unelected billionaire destroy what we’ve fought for generations to build. We all must continue the fight ✊

Get ready to fight. We’re not going anywhere.

📢 CHICAGO: RISE UP, FIGHT BACK. Attacks from Trump & Musk are harming us all. April 5 is the #HandsOff national day of action: a nonviolent event bringing us together from different causes & communities. See you at Daley Plaza, Saturday, April 5, 12:00 pm. Bring your signs, bring yourselves! INFO:

Went out to show support for @704afge.bsky.social US EPA Region 5 workers who defend clean air, #GreatLakes, & healthy communities. Illegal firings mean polluted communities, protecting EPA protects #publichealth! Sorry I didn’t get the whole crew in the photo!

“That puts every American at risk, their health, their safety. Red, blue, purple — it doesn’t matter. These risks, these cuts to our agency, are devastating for all Americans.” ⤵️

These plans from Trump and his crew are ill conceived, and will just make it harder for us to do our jobs protecting your health and the environment.

UCS fellow Derrick Z. Jackson spoke with EPA workers in the Midwest—responsible for pollution monitoring, cleanups, community engagement, and emergency hazardous waste response—to learn firsthand how the Trump administration's plans to gut the agency are tearing out the heart & soul of its mission.

EPA workers are marching to defend the agency’s mission to protect human health & the environment. With the health of our country and our children's future on the line, we must demand the Trump administration to stop its efforts to dismantle the EPA. #SupportEPAWorkers #SaveEPA @704afge.bsky.social

See you TODAY!

Our team is holding strong and growing by the day. We will never back down in this fight to save EPA and keep Americans safe.

RISE UP, FIGHT BACK! Sat April 5, 12pm, Chicago's Daley Center. Hands off Medicaid, Social Security, our jobs, our data, free speech, clean air & energy, libraries, courts, unions, immigrants, LGBTQ+ rights...! @icirr.bsky.social #SierraClubIL #EqualityIL @chicagolabor.bsky.social #PersonalPAC INFO:

RISE UP, FIGHT BACK! Sat April 5th, 12pm, Daley Ctr. Hands off Medicaid, Social Security, our jobs, our data, free speech, clean air & energy, libraries, courts, unions, immigrants, LGBTQ+ rights...! @icirr.bsky.social @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social #EqualityIL @chicagolabor.bsky.social #PersonalPAC

🚨Join us Tuesday at 12pm sharp for an informational picket against the onslaught of attacks on EPA by the Trump administration. Show up, walk with us, and take action to save EPA and save lives! Learn more and join our effort at linktr.ee/EPAsolidarity

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Once again, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is making an irresponsible, reckless decision that will put Americans in danger in red and blue states alike.

Actions from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun will have negative environmental impacts statewide, advocates said.

My column in the Sun-Times today: www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/03/how-...

A second federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired probationary federal workers. The temporary restraining order mandates nearly 20 federal departments and agencies to reinstate over 23,500 workers. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/seco...

We urge our IL Senators to vote NO on cloture and the Republican Continuing Resolution today.

A huge victory. When we fight, we win! 🙌

🔥🔥 "I refuse to vote for Republicans’ highly-partisan slush fund bill... Republicans own whatever outcome tomorrow may bring." Thank you, @duckworth.senate.gov!

While this doesn’t apply to EPA workers, we are celebrating this win and letting it fuel us as we keep up our fight.

The EPA's Office of Environmental Justice has helped communities overburdened by pollution for more than 30 years. Lee Zeldin just dissolved it. We will keep fighting for environmental justice. www.law360.com/energy/artic...

EPA is taking a sledgehammer to the protection of our air and water. EPA Administrator Zeldin is turning control over to corporate polluters who want to evade accountability for violating the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act & the Safe Drinking Water Act. Dangerous and irresponsible.

Last night, the Trump Admin announced the elimination of EPA’s environmental justice & civil rights office. This is shameful. Instead of Making America Healthy Again, Pres. Trump is leaving us, especially historically disadvantaged communities, vulnerable to pollution and its health consequences.

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. This irresponsible action by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin does just the opposite. This puts communities already disproportionately impacted by pollution in more danger, with no recourse. Shame.

A reminder to Republicans in Congress: Cutting funding for @EPA = putting your own constituents in danger.