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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

EPA Employees Descend on Congress in Search of Hiring Help (1) - Bloomberg Law

The EPA’s biggest union kicked off a three-day campaign on Monday to alert congressional lawmakers about what they call a staffing crisis and ask for a specific appropriation to fund employee promotions.

The demand by American Federation of Government Employees Council 238 for a more generous career ladder has been one of the sticking points in ongoing contract talks with the Environmental Protection Agency.

In December, the AFGE took the unusual step of directly asking EPA Administrator Michael Regan to support its career ladder demand.

The union also wants Congress to oversee whether the EPA is offering more pay to ...

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