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EPA Moves to Suspend without Pay over 100 Employees Who Signed Letter of Dissent

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By Ella Nilsen, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to suspend more than 100 staffers who signed a letter of dissent 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…

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EPA moves to suspend without pay over 100 employees who signed letter of dissent

The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to suspend more than 100 staffers who signed a letter of dissent against the Trump administration’s policies in July, a representative of the union covering the agency’s staff told CNN on Friday.

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