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ARTICLE VIEW:
EPA moves to suspend without pay over 100 employees who signed letter
of dissent
By Ella Nilsen, Andrew Freedman, CNN
Updated:
3:53 PM EDT, Fri September 5, 2025
Source: CNN
The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to suspend more than 100
staffers who signed against the Trump administration’s policies in
July, a representative of the union covering the agency’s staff told
CNN on Friday.
The EPA previously moved to fire a handful of employees late last week,
but now it is taking disciplinary action against more than 130
employees also suspected of signing the letter, the representative
said. These employees were sent letters indicating they would be
suspended for 14 days without pay.
The reason cited in the letters is for “conduct unbecoming of a
federal employee,” the representative said, noting that is highly
unusual, if not unprecedented, under the circumstances.
An EPA spokesperson would not confirm the report or details, saying the
agency “does not comment on individual personnel matters.”
“These workers bravely voiced concerns about harmful changes at the
Agency that threaten the lives of every American. And we know the
administration’s motives are not about government efficiency or
advancing public safety. Placing these workers on leave and now firing
or suspending them months later has wasted over 47,000 work hours and
$2 million. This is simply about squashing dissent and preventing
workers from protecting American lives,” said Justin Chen, president
of the union group AFGE Council 238, in a statement Friday.
The EPA placed roughly 140 employees on administrative leave in July,
days after they signed about the treatment of federal employees and the
Trump administration’s regulations on climate and public health. In
the letter, employees criticized the EPA, saying it has strayed from
its core mission to protect human health and the environment.
The EPA conducted an “administrative investigation” into the
employees, who were placed on administrative leave until July 17,
according to internal emails viewed by CNN at the time. Some employees
were let go last week, but additional staff members were affected on
Thursday.
On Friday, the agency’s spokesperson also repeated its previous
statement on the matter, saying the EPA “has a zero-tolerance policy
for career officials using their agency position and title to
unlawfully undermine, sabotage, and undercut the will of the American
public that was clearly expressed at the ballot box last November.
Thankfully, this represents a small fraction of the thousands of
hard-working, dedicated EPA employees who are not trying to mislead and
scare the American public.”
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