A pair of whistleblower protection organizations announced Tuesday that they will represent dozens of Environmental Protection Agency staffers who were suspended last year following their endorsement of a “declaration of dissent” to Administrator Lee Zeldin in proceedings before a quasi-judicial agency challenging their discipline.
Last summer, more than 600 EPA employees signed the letter excoriating Zeldin’s leadership of the agency, alleging among other things that his leadership undermined scientific consensus in favor of polluters. Though a majority of signatories did so anonymously, the agency quickly suspended more than 100 employees who publicly signed onto the letter. Ultimately, the agency handed out a range of disciplinary measures, from letters of reprimand to unpaid suspensions and even termination.
Last December, half a dozen of those employees who were targeted with firing challenged their terminations before the Merit Systems Protection Board, but at the time said they were working with environmental advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to obtain legal representation in those cases. On Tuesday, whistleblower organizations Lawyers for Good Government and the Government Accountability Project announced they would aid in their cases.
According to L4GG and GAP, 15 complaints in connection with the firings and other discipline have already been filed with the Office of Special Counsel, alleging violations of the employees’ First...
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