EPA, Union Officials Escalate Spat Over Reopening Plans Amid Staff Anxiety

EPA and its largest employee union are elevating a public spat about the agency’s plans to reopen after coronavirus-caused work-from-home orders, with union officials arguing the agency is not sharing plans for how it will safely reopen while the agency is blaming the union for failed communications with its members. Additionally, employees are raising the alarm that they may be forced to undertake risky commuting to get to an unsafe office only to be effectively required to “telecommute” from their...