EPA Extends Leave and Demands Answers From Employees Who Signed a ‘Declaration of Dissent’ - Inside Climate News

EPA Extends Leave and Demands Answers From Employees Who Signed a ‘Declaration of Dissent’ - Inside Climate News

A union representative for the employees is objecting to a survey in which the workers must now disclose if they signed the declaration at work using EPA computers, calling the survey an improper “investigatory tool.”

EPA Extends Leave and Demands Answers From Employees Who Signed a ‘Declaration of Dissent’

A union representative for the employees is objecting to a survey in which the workers must now disclose if they signed the declaration at work using EPA computers, calling the survey an improper "investigatory tool." By Lisa Sorg The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the administrative leave of 160 employees as part of its investigation into workers who used their official titles and positions last month in signing a petition ob…