FILE PHOTO: Ashaki “Teddi” Mitchell, vice-president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3147 and a biological science laboratory technician at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), talks to a reporter about a whistleblower complaint alleging unsafe work conditions for employees at the center as she stands in front of the farm research facility in Beltsville, Maryland, U.S. May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo