Posted on 10/03/2021 3:44:03 AM PDT by Libloather
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Friday there would be "consequences" for any city employees who aren’t fully vaccinated by Oct. 15, according to reports, as the city continued negotiations with labor unions.
Lightfoot and the Fraternal Order of Police disagreed on whether her requirement affected its members, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The union said in a statement that the deadline would apply only to coronavirus testing and no one’s pay would be affected, adding that self-reporting of vaccination status was "voluntary."
But Lightfoot, a Democrat, denied there was leeway for union members.
"Every employee in the City of Chicago has to be vaccinated," she said in a news conference Friday, according to FOX 32 in Chicago. "I haven’t gotten the full reading from the meeting today, but it is foolish that we buried four police officers who have died of COVID. We just last week memorialized their stars at CPD headquarters."
She added that it was "foolish to be trying to take a victory lap when so much is at stake. Unfortunately, that is in keeping with the leadership of the Fraternal Order of Police. They will be vaccinated."
Friday was the last day to get the shot (the second shot for Pfizer and Moderna) to assure the employee is fully vaccinated by the deadline – because it takes two weeks for the vaccine to take effect.
Lightfoot gave no specifics on what the "consequences" for not being vaccinated would be, speaking only of "further steps that are taken," according to the Tribune.
"What I’m saying is there will be consequences if people are not complying with what the policy is by Oct. 15," adding that she believes in "accountability" and hopes workers will voluntarily abide by the requirement, FOX 32 reported.
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These fk’n arrogant politicians are really poking a bear in the eye .. and when that bear wakes up and starts swinging it ain’t gonna be pretty. For THEM, it ain’t gonna be pretty ....
People have options. If they feel strongly enough about not getting the vaccine they could wait to get fired or just quit.
This is like China stopped buying coal from Australia and discovering they do not have enough coal to feed their power plants. Lights are going off all across China.
Mayor Lightfoot is going to wake up to a much more dangerous Chicago when their are fewer police and they will not be able to hire more.
It’s just like the ‘China Syndrome’. She’ll keep on digging that hole for herself until she reaches China!!
We have inflation, we have foreigners invading our shores by the hundreds of thousands - soon to be millions, we have a psycho as President who just armed terrorists with $83 BILLION in military weapons and tech, we have China about to take over Taiwan, Iran is about to get nukes, we have taxes going through the roof, we have 83,000 new IRS agents to make our lives hell, and what do liberals focus on? Killing babies and destroying restaurants. Yes, this is a priority.
This megalomaniac would rather destroy the city than be told “no” or admit to being wrong.
Who knows...maybe this will finally trigger her public “Steiner Meltdown Moment”....
Give up, you stupid jerk! You are letting inner city people kill other inner city people, and you’re singing about an arm jab.
This is happening everywhere because the ruling class is not afraid of the people. Lightfoot feels comfortable because she is among her own, and is one of them.
I am Out of The Loop.
Why did China stop buying coal from Australia? I saw a headline yesterday of Chinese using candles and flashlights to make their dinners.
I didn’t read the article.
Your fault for electing an Ewok they’re tribal
Only the Left would expect any kind of “good” (for them) to come from both defunding the police and firing anyone from the remaining force that hasn’t taken the Fauccine.
They don’t seem to be afraid of losing cops, nurses, doctors, teachers. My gut feeling is they have plans to replace them all.
Federalize police, nationalized healthcare, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4gQb1TjJI
In short China wanted to punish Australia by banning Australian coal.
Has there ever been a case of a “police coup” at the city level?
Thanks for the info.
Birds of a Feather?
“Chicago Mayor Lightfoot wants new world order”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf9rd0xwrZM
Tucker Carlson Outlines The Brutal Communist Madness Taking Over Australia
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/01/tucker-carlson-outlines-the-brutal-communist-madness-taking-over-australia/
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qf5l2nmWOY&t=660s
@ 10:50 in video: “We will be looking at what contact tracing will be like in the New World Order”
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Death by gangs or the clot shot. It’s all good to murderous commies like the chiraq mayor.
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