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COVID-19 vaccine mandates are provoking an unlikely set of opponents: Labor unions.
Long known as a generally left-of-center cohort, unions — especially teacher’s unions — are not a social force one would expect to mount a sustained opposition against such mandates, which have been growing in number in recent weeks. Yet a broad, unaffiliated coalition of unions is signalling its intent to oppose the mandates, at the very least for their own members.
New York State United Teachers — a major educators’ union with over 600,000 members — said in a statement this week that it was opposed to proposals to make COVID-19 vaccines a mandatory condition of employment.
“We have advocated since the beginning of the year that any educator who wants a vaccine should have easy access to one,” the group said. “We would support local efforts to encourage more vaccinations, such as through programs that require that those who are not vaccinated get tested on a regular basis.
“But it’s critical that districts come up with plans to make testing available on-site and at no cost. What we have not supported is a vaccine mandate.”
The United Federation of Teachers tacitly indicated its own opposition to a mandate when it praised a proposal by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to allow New York City employees to forgo mandatory vaccinations if they undergo weekly testing.
“This approach puts the emphasis on vaccination but still allows for personal choice and provides additional safeguards through regular testing,” the UFT said in its statement.
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Opposition has not come solely from the educational sector. Henry Garrido, the executive director of AFSCME’s District 37 in New York City, told local media that the union is “absolutely against an absolute mandate to vaccinate everyone.”
Healthcare unions, meanwhile, have also stated their opposition to mandates.”Mandating vaccination is not, nor will it ever be, the answer,” George Gresham, the president of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, told media this week.”As democratic organizations, unions will generally do what their members want,” Jack Fiorito, a management professor at Florida State University who specializes in labor issues, told Just the News this week.”Surely there […]
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