AFGE Local 704

Reminder:

Democrats must HOLD THE LINE. Do not cave to right-wing ideologues who have ripped away health care from millions of Americans.

Keep fighting, and we will have your back.

Federal workers are not backing down. When we stick together and fight, like we did today, we know we can win!

This is the person in charge of our EPA.

Truly unbelievable. Truly irresponsible. Truly dangerous.

In the face of unprecedented attacks on our union and the entire labor movement, it’s more important than ever to come together in solidarity and celebrate Labor Day.

You can’t scare us, Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, we’re sticking to the union!

Happy Labor Day! ✊✊✊

We should not have to defend our home, Chicago, against Trump’s escalating false rhetoric on crime, or his attempts to divide us from our immigrant neighbors. We implore the Trump administration to drop its plan to invade Chicago with federal agents and to leave this city in peace. (4/4)

We can attest that Chicago federal buildings are already safe, and have been for the thirty years we have worked there. (3/4)

Hundreds of our members are residents, and all of us have been required by the Trump administration to travel downtown daily to federal buildings, the very buildings that the National Guard would be tasked with “defending.” (2/4)

We condemn President Trump’s plan to deploy a military occupation of Chicago, including escalating ICE raids and National Guard presence in our streets. 🧵

Trump officials fire EPA employees for signing dissent letter The move to terminate the staffers marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to clamp down on dissent within the federal bureaucracy.

EPA’s goal is clear.

They want to intimidate us out of speaking out against their agenda of destruction.

But we aren’t going to be bullied. We will continue fighting back, because that is the oath we took. We will protect human health and the environment, no matter what.

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Thank you, @repbillfoster.bsky.social!

Trump kills union contracts for Chicago EPA workers Critics call it union busting. A local labor leader says the president’s action puts public health and environmental protections at risk.

Trump killed union contracts for Chicago EPA workers on Tuesday. This is allowed, the president declared, because agencies, such as the EPA play a role in national security.

Critics say the move is no more than union busting.

An attack on our union is an attack on every union.

Stick together and don’t back down.

Thank you, @danielbiss.bsky.social!

“When Donald Trump and his administration go around stripping rights away from EPA workers, from nurses and other healthcare professionals at the Veteran’s Administration, let’s call it what it is: anti-union, anti-worker, anti-democracy, anti-American nonsense.” @704afge.bsky.social

Thank you, @robinkelly.house.gov.

We won’t back down.

E.P.A. Cancels Federal Union Contracts in Push to End Collective Bargaining

If they take away the union rights of the workers who keep our air and water clean and care for veterans (many of whom are veterans themselves), then no union contract is safe under this admin. America’s unions will not be silenced—we’ll get even louder.

Commentary: Trump's EPA cuts to Chicago headquarters put us all in danger The purported DOGE priority of 'efficiency' has ground to a halt at EPA in recent months, writes the president of the local government workers' union.

In @crainschicago.bsky.social, AFGE 704 President Nicole Cantello lays out how EPA’s irresponsible cuts are putting us all in danger in the Midwest.

Bad for business, bad for families, bad for everyone.

www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/epa-...

Yesterday, the Trump EPA announced they will unilaterally shut down our union, and our contract.

This isn’t the first time they’ve tried to bust our union. And just like before, we’ll fight them at every step.

Stand in solidarity with us Tuesday! ⬇️

Thanks for meeting with us and hearing our stories, @laurafine4congress.bsky.social!

Friday is the last day of work for our Environmental Justice division colleagues who were unjustly and irresponsibly fired by the Trump EPA and Administrator Lee Zeldin.

Please join us at our Region 5 headquarters, 77 W. Jackson, to salute their heroic work, and honor them with a clap-out.

Thank you, @duckworth.senate.gov!

The future belongs to our children and grandchildren. President Trump is trying to take that future away, but I'm committed to ensuring the next generation inherits a world with clean air and water.

Extreme heat is dangerous, especially for people with lung disease. Add heat stress, and the risk grows.

💧 Stay hydrated
🏠 Stay in air-conditioned spaces
🚫 Avoid outdoor exercise

Climate change is a public health crisis. RHA stands with those fighting to protect the EPA.

Thank you @robinkelly.house.gov @repbillfoster.bsky.social @elpcenter.bsky.social @sierraclub.org IL @camdavismwrd.bsky.social @nrdc.org @resphealth.bsky.social and everyone who stood with us to speak out against the Trump administration’s efforts to gut EPA’s ability to combat climate change.

ELPC’s Susan Mudd speaks about how climate change is impacting Great Lakes states, in front of a group of people holding an american flag and signs about climate change and clean air/water in Chicago’s federal plaza

ELPC’s Lena & Susan smile with congressman Bill Foster. Lena’s shirt says Climate Action Now

Revoking the “endangerment finding” rejects basic science, hamstrings EPA’s ability to fight #climatechange pollution, and makes it harder to protect our communities.
@elpcenter.bsky.social joined @704afge.bsky.social @repbillfoster.bsky.social @ Congresswoman Robin Kelly today to raise the alarm 🚨

Thanks for meeting with us, and for these important words of support, @danielbiss.bsky.social!

EPA Announces Reduction in Force, Reorganization Efforts to Save Taxpayers Nearly Three-Quarters of a Billion Dollars | US EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a reduction in force (RIF) today as the agency continues its comprehensive restructuring efforts. With organizational improvements, EPA is deliveri...

Today, EPA is taking action to destroy the foremost office of environmental scientists in the world.

Without the Office of Reseach and Development, our nation’s air, water and land will turn more toxic, and our people more sick with preventable disease.

www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

Duluth EPA lab employees put on leave after signing dissent letter Several employees signed the letter, which decried the EPA’s direction under President Donald Trump.

Like others across the country, these Duluth employees exercised their 1st Amendment rights and their rights to whistleblowing by sending the letter of dissent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

Now, EPA leadership is improperly retaliating against them.

www.startribune.com/duluth-epa-l...

Reluctant EPA union boss hones her message Nicole Cantello wants EPA employees to speak up as the Trump administration eyes deep cuts to the agency.

We know the stories of EPA workers need to be told—so that everyone can understand how critical our work is to their own health and safety. www.eenews.net/articles/rel...