EPA to offer buyouts, early retirement benefits to shrink workforce
The EPA, facing a 31-percent cut in funding, has set a goal of downsizing its workforce by Sept. 30, according to a memo given to employees. Government Executive said the agency "will continue a freeze on external hiring and begin offering early retirement and buyouts," although details were not immediately clear.
EPA staffers prepare to fight for their jobs under Trump
Worried that Trump administration cuts to the EPA will mean slashing thousands of jobs, EPA employees are organizing to defend their work, says NPR. At one union hall in Washington, D.C., dozens of EPA staffers filed in to discuss the issue. NPR spoke with Marie Owens Powell, an EPA enforcement officer and local union leader.