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EPA staffers, supportive lawmakers demand Pruitt ouster
April 26, 2018Speakers at the rally in front of agency headquarters in downtown D.C. alternated between slamming Pruitt’s ethics and President Donald Trump’s policies, which they said would befoul the nation’s air and water all to enhance polluters’...
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Government employees warn anti-union drive at Education Dept could spread
April 2, 2018“This administration won’t stop until every union has been busted and every union contract has been ripped up.”
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Unions unite to fight for Veterans Affairs employees
February 21, 2017All workers should be able to bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions
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Republicans push cuts to Social Security, jump in wait time expected
August 15, 2016Federal worker unions and congressional Democrats are protesting large cuts in Social Security staffing and funding for the premiere program for the elderly and the disabled.
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GOP’s opposition to voting rule caused 4,000 FAA layoffs
August 1, 2011Republican congressional opposition to a rule covering union elections among airline and railroad workers led to a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration and the layoff of 4,000 FAA workers at midnight on July 22.
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