Posted on 03/13/2022 1:24:02 PM PDT by simpson96
Chicago city workers who don't have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a group that includes about 2,800 cops, will be placed on nondisciplinary no-pay status on Sunday after the city won another court battle over its mandate last week.
The city will consider disciplining workers on a case-by-base basis, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday.
'All city employees, including Chicago police officers, who fail to comply may also face disciplinary action, up to and including termination. These decisions will be addressed at an individual and department level, and are being undertaken in a manner that will not impact public safety or the continuity of everyday government operations,' the mayor said.
As of December, 6,621 officers had applied for religious exemptions, but 58 percent were still waiting for an answer. Only 1.5 percent of the requests had been granted.
Chicago is facing a shortage of police officers as crime continues to spike in the Windy City, with robberies and murders outpacing last year's totals so far.
Last month, an arbitrator upheld the city's vaccine mandate and set this Sunday as a deadline for city workers to get the first shot. The second shot is due by April 13, but the ruling allows more time for those who made a good-faith effort to get an appointment for the first shot.
This week, the judge denied the union's requests to reconsider its claims and lifted a previous order that put the vaccine policy on hold, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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St Patrick’s Day parade.
But photo has been photoshopped, original does not have Ukraine message on it.
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Hmmm. I wonder if there is anything in particular happening in Chicago tomorrow that might lead her to announce this.
Actually, I hope you’re right. If it’s just a power-thing, that’s among the more innocuous of the possibilities.
No pay. No work. Good luck to the decent citizens still there.
Who would want to live/work in a sh&thole that would have her as mayor?
It was never about the covid... it was all about getting you injected forever...
Gee, I hope this doesn’t result in a Chicago crime wave./s
At this point what science is she quoting. The jab is clearly pointless. Look at Obama. And there are lakh more as the Indians would say. There can be no health reason to get a vaccine that neither stops the disease nor the spread of the disease.
Damn, she is really stupid, to stupid to be in the position she is in. What happens if 2800 police officers quit in unixon? Will the electorate hold her responsible?
It’s probably the blacks who are not vaccinated…
Lori Lightbrain strikes again.
Definitely. And she should be told to go jump in a lake (there’s a big one available) and let the normal people of Chicago get on with their lives. This includes the normal black people of Chicago who are probably the huge majority and just want to get on with their lives and not suffer for Lori’s political dreams.
Burn baby burn.
Good god United Airlines just dropped requirements and Beatlejuice is still stuck in 2020.
Lightfoot “squeaked in” with barely 73% of the vote.
No pay. No work.
Lighthead can patrol streets herself.
Thanks for the hint. Great comments!
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