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