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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Time for a Blue Flu in Chicongo.
Fire them all, Lori. The ones killed in the crime wave will be black and it’s not like their lives matter!
Be a shame if Lightweight accidentally got the real “vaccine” instead of the saline solution.
Read the comments at the link.
Deep State is losing the propaganda war.
They’re already losing officers hand over fist, with few replacements or potential replacements in the pipeline.
Easy to say, harder to do, but there are many places without mandates who would hire them. Job or health? Jobs are temporary ... your health is for a lifetime.
this stuff is still going on?
Power struggle.
Is it worth it?
I cannot remember whether it was Malone or McCullough who said, what do you get out of obeying them. What sort of contract? Forever employment? Forever care? Is it worth it to you?
Otherwise, get out. Plenty of police departments looking for help, and I bet some of them will help with the retirement issue.
Whenever I hear “Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot” I gleefully anticipate the punchline, and have never been disappointed.
Would be easy to assume that most of these LEOs have jobs elsewhere (tentatively) lined up...
Getting away from Chicago might even be worth a small pay cut...
Hear that, criminals?
It’s frightening, in some regards, how these far lefties are really cracking down with their “emergency powers” as they see Covid slip thru their fingers and control.
Why is it wearing a kilt?
It is a head cold, and these injections do not stop it. There is no admitted reason for this, now. There must be an un-admitted reason to demand to inject these people.
she said.
Priorities, Mayor. Priorities.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
To distract from that cadaver face?
“I am Groot”.
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