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

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. wapo.st/4mCSx82

Thank you, @repbillfoster.bsky.social!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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...

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...

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...

Stand with the #EPA employees who spoke out regarding the need for fidelity to the EPA mission of protecting human health & the environment. Employees who signed are being investigated: thehill.com/policy/energ... Sign the letter of support linked below from @standupforscience.bsky.social

EPA workers stand up for public health. Then Trump officials sent home.

Thank you, @repgreglandsman.bsky.social!

Thank you for standing with us, @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social! 💪

The budget the Republicans just passed will mean Americans won’t be able to trust the safety of our drinking water. Dangerous and irresponsible.

The signatories called out EPA press releases, which have referred to climate science as a “religion,” EPA grants as “green slush funds,” and “clean coal” as “beautiful.”

Completely unacceptable that EPA put on leave their employees who spoke up in defense of their agency's mission to protect public health. EPA officials are demonstrating their unwillingness to even engage with their own staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...

We stand by our colleagues and union siblings… whistleblower retaliation is blatantly illegal and will be met with resistance.

By now, Trump EPA head Lee Zeldin is used to going to court—and losing, badly and repeatedly. Already Zeldin is on pace to have a worse court loss track record than the notorious Scott Pruitt, head of EPA during the 1st Trump administration.

This is a blatant act of political retaliation by the Trump administration and must not stand. EPA workers have the right to freedom of speech, just like every other American. See you in court, Lee Zeldin. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...

The bill passed in the Senate today picks the pockets of working families by cutting benefits they rely on, and using that to fund a $5 trillion gift to billionaires. Every American should be up in arms at this insulting piece of legislation and demand their elected representatives vote “No”

Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are doing all that they can to stop us from protecting you and the environment. On behalf of EPA Region 5 employees, WE DISSENT!

Sorry, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, you have to follow the Hatch Act just like everyone else. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Our members were proud to picket today to say it loud and clear: NO to ICE presence in our workplace! Glad to stand with our partners: @chicagolabor.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @lrc.ifpte777.org

Today! Please stand with us to say NO to ICE in our workplaces!

Join us and @704afge.bsky.social on Wednesday for a picket, and federal workers present will re-affirm our oath of office! All ages and abilities welcome.

❌👑 TOMORROW ❌👑 ✊Two things are true in this country: we have no kings, and no president can stop people from peacefully speaking out. Tomorrow, millions will do just that. 🔗 Link in bio to join us in Chicago

Without these scientists, this community will lose its human health and environmental protections and have no way to address emerging contaminants, like PFAS, microplastics and endocrine disruptors. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/e...

EPA workers in NYC are speaking out against ICE arrests in their office building.

This decision by the Supreme Court is unbelievably harmful. Allowing the President to summarily fire the members of independent federal boards and councils will result in biased decisions that work against the interests of the American people.

In four months, President Trump and a chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk have hacked off chunks of government in the name of efficiency, with tactics rarely seen in public or private industry. Many federal workers said they believe cruelty is part of the plan.

The Trump cuts at EPA Region 5 are putting Americans across the Midwest in danger. Our members share their experiences in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story: t.co/ub7gNkrUlL

Standing in solidarity with thousands of Chicagoans today for International Workers Day, May Day, to send a message: We are strong, and we will never back down 💪

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations and lays off hundreds of workers.

On Earth Day, we held a funeral for public health and the environment, which are being killed by Trump/Musk’s dangerous and irresponsible cuts and policy changes. Their reckless actions WILL cause death and destruction in our communities if we don’t stop them!

From fighting endocrine disrupters to PFAS (forever chemicals) in your water, the Duluth lab is crucial to the protection of the Great Lakes and all of the fresh water bodies in the nation. The Trump administration’s proposed cuts are irresponsible. www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

Thousands rallied and marched around downtown Saturday afternoon to take part in a national day of action to say “hands off” to President Donald Trump’s administration.