EPA Unions Protest New Plan To Reopen Headquarters, Two More Regions

June 12, 2020
EPA employee unions are vehemently protesting Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s new plan to begin phased reopening of agency headquarters and two more regional offices starting June 15, calling the proposal rushed and one that will put lives at risk while warning the plans do not meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Wheeler, in a June 11 email obtained by Inside EPA , lays out extensive reopening plans for EPA’s D.C.-based headquarters as well as Region 3 headquartered in...


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