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