Posted on 10/14/2021 3:18:06 PM PDT by God luvs America
The first major test of a vaccine mandate applied to municipal employees will take place this weekend in Chicago, where up to half of the city’s police force is set to defy the mandate by failing to report their vaccine status.
Officers and other city employees who fail to report their vaccination status by Friday will “be placed in a non-disciplinary, no pay status,” according to the mayor’s office.
“It’s safe to say that the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50% or less for this weekend coming up,” said Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara. He added, “I do not believe the city has the authority to mandate that to anybody — let alone that information about your medical history.” The union has filed suit against the city to halt enforcement of the mandate.
It should be stressed that what is being mandated at this point is city employees reporting their vaccination status. It’s assumed that if they are not vaccinated, they will be given an ultimatum to get the shots by a certain date.
The confrontation sets up a major test for cities across the country that have mandated all city employees must be vaccinated or lose pay or their jobs — or both. Mayor Lori Lightfoot was asked what would happen if 50 percent of cops didn’t show up for the job.
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For a police force whose hands are usually tied by the mayor/city, this should be an interesting confrontation.
Now this is the kind of stuff unions are useful for.
SWA pilots and ATCs have emboldened(they’ve made me hate this word) others
One Month After Biden Announced his Federal Vaccine Mandate!
It Still Has Not Been Formally Issued!
Trending Politics ^ | October 10, 202 | Kyle Becker
One month after the Biden administration announced a draconian federal vaccine mandate that impacted an estimated 100 million Americans and led to mass firings of public servants, teachers, and medical workers, the federal regulation still has not been formally issued.
The Federalist reported . . in a post on Thursday that noted, “Joe Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Doesn’t Exist. It’s Just A Press Release”:
Biden’s so-called vaccine mandate doesn’t exist — at least, not yet. So far, all we have is his press conference. No such rule even claiming to be legally binding has been issued yet.
That’s why nearly two dozen Republican attorneys general who have publicly voiced their opposition to the clearly unconstitutional and illegal mandate haven’t yet filed suit against it, the Office of the Indiana Attorney General confirmed for me. There is no mandate to haul into court. And that may be part of the plan.
According to several sources, so far it appears no such mandate has been sent to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs yet for approval. The White House, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Department of Labor haven’t released any official guidance for the alleged mandate.
There is no executive order. There’s nothing but press statements.
Despite what you may have been . . . led to believe by the media, . . . press releases/statements have exactly zero legal authority.
“There is nothing there yet that gives employers any mandate,” Stephanie McFarland, spokeswoman for the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration, told The Federalist’s Joy Pullman on Oct. 6. “The president made an announcement on this asking OSHA to do it, but we’ve not yet seen anything come from it yet,”. When the state agency gets any further information, she said, they’ll review it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at trendingpolitics.com …
(Lockdowns will go down as one of the greatest peacetime policy failures in modern history! Cui bono?)
That’s great! Liberals have taught us that it’s okay to defy laws you don’t agree with, like immigration laws. Karma!
The mayor is too stupid to back down—this is gonna get interesting.
Well, that’s one union. It’s a start. I guess.
6000 ?
She has a face made for a fishbowl.
The police union’s membership should stand together on this. No one - vaccinated or not - should report their vaccination status.
Ewok
Wild weekend in Chicago coming up, maybe even for Chicago. The second weekend will be open season on everyone.
thats one way to defund the police
careful what you wish for
Senate reconciliation bill is 8 billion dollars to create a sort-of Climate Change police force called the Civilian Climate Corps
Get ready for the GG Green Gestapo , to enforce AOC’s New Green Deal
Where’s Robocop ?
Local news here in Chicago said 50% of CPD will be on strike this Saturday over the vaccine mandate. What’s the over under on the number of shootings and murders now? Over 100? Over 200?
Biden’s certainly creating a lot of civil unrest.....everywhere if he keeps this up.
In New Detroit, not Shitcargo
I belong to multiple unions in Hollywood (unfortunately) ALL of them said nothing about mandates (fortunately) and even the high placed liberal union officials I personally know of will not force the members because they themselves aren’t vaxxed.
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