The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 7,500 workers with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached contract terms requiring the agency to provide personal protectivve equipment and indoor air-quality testing while allowing the union to participate in EPA health-and-safety committees.
"We are very happy to have this contract completed," said AFGE National President Everett Kelley. "I am extremely thankful for the hard work of AFGE members and our allies in Congress who helped put pressure on the EPA to do the right thing."
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