EPA Terminates Nearly 400 Workers Amid US Government Purge
- Union decries firings that targeted probationary employees
- Agency says it followed procedures per Trump executive orders
The headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, DC.
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The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it had fired 388 workers, part of a wave of terminations across the federal government this week spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The agency added that the probationary workers were terminated after “a thorough review of agency functions in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders.”