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    EPA Employees Want To Put Protections Against Attacks On Science Into Their Union Contract

    April 25, 2022 // “I think the idea that relying on internal enforceability on scientific integrity is not going to work anymore,” Cantello said. “Because when you get an administration like we just had, that internal enforceability is going to fail.” But Biden officials, she added, “still want to control the entire process.”

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    1,000 new jobs at risk in Spartanburg Co.

    February 18, 2022 // The United Auto Workers Union is also launching attacks, along with Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, calling on Oshkosh Defense to move the plant back to its home state.

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