EPA Staffers Challenge Their Terminations over ‘Dissent’ Letter

‘Truth is not a fireable offense’: Rebel ex-federal staffers hit back at Trump's ousters

Six former employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency filed a First Amendment challenge in court on Wednesday to their firing earlier this year for criticizing the Trump administration’s environmental policies.The employees were among 160 who were fired shortly after signing a “declaration ...

Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations

Former Environmental Protection Agency employees who were fired after signing a letter criticizing the Trump administration are now appealing their dismissals before the Merit Systems Protection Board. The six former EPA employees, who were among roughly 140 workers who signed a “declaration of dissent” in June, argued their firings were not only an illegal response to exercising their First Amendment rights, but also a form of retaliation for “…

EPA staffers challenge their terminations over ‘dissent’ letter

Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees are challenging their terminations after they signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration. Six staffers who the Trump administration fired after they signed a “Declaration of Dissent” letter have filed claims with the Merit Systems Protection Board, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which is helping to represent the ex-employees.…

EPA Employees Challenge Firings for Signing Dissent Letter

Today, six former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees filed First Amendment legal challenges to their recent firings for signing a letter of dissent. The six employees were among approximately 160 EPA employees who publicly signed a June 30th open letter to Administrator Lee Zeldin and members of Congress protesting the politization of science at EPA and warning that EPA’s actions under this administration were endangering publi…

Fired employees file First Amendment lawsuit against EPA

By Valerie Volcovici

Fired EPA employees sue over alleged free speech violations

Six former Environmental Protection Agency employees on Wednesday sued the agency's administrator over allegations of free speech violations,