Posted on 10/25/2021 4:06:23 PM PDT by george76
Hundreds gathered outside Moog’s Elma complex in Elma during the noon hour, including some Moog employees who walked off their jobs in a protest of a federal COVID vaccine mandate that affects their jobs.
The company, which works under federal contracts, informed employees last week that under federal guidelines they must be fully vaccinated for COVID. They have received a deadline of December 8 or face termination.
Employee Matt Schieber led the speakers. He says he’s not opposed to the vaccine, but is against vaccine mandates. He also stated during his remarks that they’re not looking to fight Moog, but rather the federal government’s directive.
“We're not here for politics, violence or even to debate the vaccine opinions. We're here to fight against medical mandates,” he said. “You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. We love Moog. We want Moog to thrive. We just want to do our jobs.”
At least 200 people were estimated to be present at the afternoon rally. Scheiber, when asked how many in the crowd were fellow employees, was unsure of a count.
Others passed in vehicles, many adorned with flags, blaring their horns as a show of support.
In addition to employees, politicians were present to speak in support of the anti-mandate movement. They included Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and State Assemblyman David DiPietro. Buffalo mayoral write-in candidate Ben Carlisle also reported being there.
DiPietro, while addressing the crowd, suggested they need to resist just as Rosa Parks resisted when the Black woman famously refused to give up her bus seat.
“When they told her to go to the back of the bus, she said one word, ‘No.’ That's what we have to do. No,” he said.
Moog officials have not commented on the memo, nor the protest.
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Moog should have a LOUD protest.
Is this the same Moog of synthesizer fame?
Moog is an American-based designer and manufacturer of electric, electro-hydraulic and hydraulic motion, controls and systems for applications in aerospace, defense, industrial and medical devices. The company operates under four segments: aircraft controls, space and defense controls, industrial controls, and components.
Moog is headquartered in Elma, New York and has sales, engineering, and manufacturing facilities in twenty-six countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_Inc.
Moog provided products and technologies that were used on the B-2 Bomber and were also responsible for the flight control actuation system. Moog also contributed to the manufacture and development of both hydraulic and electric flight simulators.
Moog has technologies for satellites and space vehicles in addition to various aspects of defense such as missiles, weapons / stores management, turreted weapon systems, naval technologies along with security and surveillance systems.
Medical devices is Moog’s newest segment,
is this the same “moog” that manufacturers automotive parts?...
His cousin.
Robert Moog is the synthesizer guy. Cousin Bill Moog is the aerospace guy.
Yes, I learned this about 30 seconds ago because I was curious myself.
If you have held out this far, for whatever reason, you can hold the line.
This is a spiritual battle and you knee intuitively something wasn’t…what’s changed?
Can’t the company just CLOSE DOWN and go out of business because of the lack of employee’s ??
I think so. Just installed some Moog tie rod ends. They make good stuff.
i’ve been using their products for years...
they make high quality parts...
The good news is that there are lots and lots of new immigrants to take over those mundane engineering design tasks.
The good news is that there are lots and lots of new immigrants to take over those mundane engineering design tasks.”
First they will have to get social justice/gender equality math and engineering degrees.
They make the only ones that last-especially on Chevy HHRs, Cobalts, Silverados, etc...
Looks like they closed a local office in springfield, delco, pa. The building is up for sale.
Come on down to Texas, we’d love to have ya.
Here’s a video that I believe has Keith Emerson’s Moog in the background. He befriended this young lady before he passed.
Here she is playing “Trilogy.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib31-TDH05I
By the way, she’s blind.
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