Union Hopes New EPA Contract Shields Staff, Policies From Second Trump Term

Officials with EPA’s largest employee union say its members are better positioned to withstand expected political attacks on career employees should former President Donald Trump win a second term, given protections spelled out in a recent “landmark” collective bargaining agreement with the agency’s managers. They add that those protections should extend to EPA policies, particularly climate change regulations and other rules based on scientific findings. But they remain concerned that a Trump administration would not respect the rule of law...