The Environmental Protection Agency’s biggest union of employees has signed onto the movement that’s trying to get their boss, Administrator Scott Pruitt, fired.
The American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, which represents about 8,000 of the EPA’s roughly 14,000 employees, has joined the boot Pruitt campaign, council President John O’Grady said Wednesday in an interview.
“Every step of the way it seems like he is doing what he can to keep the EPA from doing its job,” O’Grady said. “He’s creating a real mess and I’m not sure he cares.”
The movement, using the #BootPruitt hashtag on Twitter, gained momentum after reports emerged of Pruitt’s unorthodox $50-a-night condo arrangement on Capitol Hill and big pay increases for two close aides.
