Six former Environmental Protection Agency employees are challenging their dismissals after signing a dissent letter critical of President Donald Trump’s environmental policies, escalating a dispute over federal workplace rules and the boundaries of political expression within government agencies.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group representing current and former government workers, said the six employees filed claims with the Merit Systems Protection Board.
The filings follow their terminations earlier this year after they added their names to a June letter titled “Declaration of Dissent,” which circulated among agency professionals.
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