Posted on 10/01/2021 1:29:17 PM PDT by Vendome
The San Jose police union and the city have reached an agreement on employee COVID vaccinations.
The agreement stipulates officers have until Sunday to either be vaccinated or show proof of a weekly negative COVID test.
Upwards of 140 police officers, half the dispatchers, and 80 firefighters have indicated they’ll resign or take termination before being forced to get vaccinated.
Firefighter Barry Arata had said that "if a firefighter and police officers don’t want to get vaccinated that is our choice with our rights to freedom and privacy."
In terms of the rules for the city, the mayor's office said they will allow a one-week "grace period" to seek vaccination before being placed on a one-week unpaid suspension. Unvaccinated employees will be required to test negative twice a week at their own time and expense.
"San Jose doesn’t want to push anyone out of their employment with the city, but we have a responsibility to continue to deliver critical city services, safely, to our residents," Liccardo said. (Mayor)
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I'd quit before doing the two tests a week thing too.
San Jabaway, California
Ouch.
Used to be an “All-American” city.. long ago.
I am reminded of an incident some years ago when I was payroll supervisor on a large construction project. The project employed many craftsmen i.e, Boilermakers, Ironworkers, Carpenters, etc.
Late one Friday afternoon I got a call from the timekeeper that he had a very irate iron worker whose check contained several errors. Because it was late in the day ,he sent the Ironworker directly to my office to correct the error.
The Ironworker brought his paperwork, handed it to me and didn’t say a word while I made the necessary correction. When I finished I looked up at him, apologized and handed him his check.
He looked at me and said Ma’am, I will work in this 120 degree heat, put up with the crappy foremen, and do my 8 - 10 hours with bad working conditions, but ma’am don’t ever, ever f… with my pay check.
As I watched his huge frame going out the door it occurred to me that he was serious and he had the where with all to bring that whole project to a screeching halt if he felt that he had been mistreated.
Moral of the story is , it’s not nice to mess with Mother Nature or people’s livelihood. Helpless, hopeless people are capable of doing irrational things when they or their families are negatively impacted.
These employment mandates will not end well.
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