So the agency responsible for investigating claims regarding workplace health and safety matters, under the OSHA organizational umbrella, fired an employee for making claims regarding unethical work policies, which are now under investigation by a different agency, the Office of Special Counsel.
The umpire has reviewed the play: it is not irony. I repeat: it is not irony.
Perhaps you would like to lodge a formal complaint against the Irony Assessment Office? It would, of course, have your full name and employee identification number on the form, so that we can be extra certain that we all know exactly who the rabble-rouser is that needs to be fired. Er, not fired, persecuted. Sorry. What I meant to say was "protected". Ignore those scare quotes.
It was a joke. Don't worry, I'll keep my day job (by knowing when to keep my mouth shut).
Is this just re-reporting a past event? They even include a clip of Jon Stewart on the Daily Show talking about this specific event in the past. Is there any new information here, or is this just blogspam from a news channel in an actual TV news segment?
I think it's pretty obvious that protection can only go so far in whistleblowing. If you upset your superiors, they will not resist their humanity to keep you on. A law that says "you can't terminate that person" would be useless because employers can always find a reason to terminate.
What protection can be offered would be something like protection from prosecution. Protection from government nuisance. Protection from lawsuit.