US Rep. Ayanna Pressley gathered with government workers and union representatives last Friday at the office of an SEIU Local on West Street in Boston to discuss the government shutdown. Yawu Miller photo

Working at the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration has been challenging for Lilly Simmons, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3428.

“We’re doing our best to continue our mission, to support human health and the environment,” she told reporters last Friday (Oct. 3) at a press conference arranged by US Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who represents the state’s 7th Congressional District.

“It’s really hard,” she said. “This lapse of appropriations from Republicans in Congress is another attack on federal workers, and all of the services tha

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