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To Retain Federal Funding, University of Alabama and Auburn University Say Employees Must Get Vaccinated
Epoch Times ^ | 10/25/2021 | Matt McGregor

Posted on 10/25/2021 9:57:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

The University of Alabama (UA) and Auburn University (AU) announced on Friday that to keep federal funding, the colleges must comply with President Joe Biden’s Sept. 9 executive order on vaccine mandates for all employees.

Employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 or be discharged.

“Failure to comply will place The University of Alabama in jeopardy of losing hundreds of millions of dollars that we receive through federal contracts and awards, as well as thousands of jobs funded, in part, by those dollars,” UA said in press release to faculty, staff, and student employees.

As part of his “Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan,” Biden enacted Executive Order 14042 that directed the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to “issue guidance” mandating vaccines for federal contractors and subcontractors, which includes public universities.

“As a federal contractor, The University of Alabama, like most higher education institutions, must comply with the executive order and accompanying guidance,” UA said, with no “flexibility in its application or enforcement.”

UA said medical and religious exemptions will be considered, and that it will “continue to closely examine and monitor these federal mandates.”

“We recognize that this is an important topic that will generate many strong feelings,” UA said.

As a public research institution that receives federal funding, AU is also classified as a federal contractor that must comply or lose funding.

“Currently, Auburn maintains approximately $200 million in federal contracts that are expected to be impacted by this order, including contracts with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), among others,” AU said in a press release. “Federal contracts are also a major revenue source for communities across Alabama—this is one-way tax dollars paid to the federal government come back to the state to benefit all Alabamians.”


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: 2manytaxes2manylaws; alabama; anthonyfauci; auburn; covidstooges; education; federalfunding; mandate; obamacare; vaccine; vaccinemandate; vaccinemandates
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1 posted on 10/25/2021 9:57:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
WHEN YOU ARE BEHOLDEN TO WASHINGTON FOR MONEY, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO OBEY THEIR DICTATES.

In the fiscal year 2020, Alabama contractors were awarded $12 billion for 98,147 federal contracts and subcontracts, AU said.


2 posted on 10/25/2021 9:59:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Out of control government is out of control.


3 posted on 10/25/2021 10:00:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They are the exact same kind of totalitarians who won’t leave Taiwan alone in peace.


4 posted on 10/25/2021 10:01:42 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

so its all about the benjamins......


5 posted on 10/25/2021 10:02:19 PM PDT by cherry
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To: SeekAndFind

The two BIGS in Ala. need to go Hillsdale.

Just sayin’....


6 posted on 10/25/2021 10:03:00 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ok...parents....your play.


7 posted on 10/25/2021 10:06:35 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issueOur enemies plan to The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whores.


8 posted on 10/25/2021 10:07:37 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: SeekAndFind

Now that nearly 50% of all Americans are on some form of welfare and government program that is one hell of an army to take on we deploreables.


9 posted on 10/25/2021 10:19:12 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: goodnesswins; SeekAndFind

goodnesswins wrote:

“Ok...parents....your play.”

Walk out, like the Southwest Airlines workers did.

Southwest backed down and will not fire anyone not getting the shots.


10 posted on 10/25/2021 10:19:17 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: SeekAndFind

This is a good example of Fascism at work.


11 posted on 10/25/2021 10:32:03 PM PDT by laplata
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To: SeekAndFind

May the Lord of Hosts rebuke both of the institutions. Minions of Satan.


12 posted on 10/25/2021 11:16:58 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Paladin2

Like 98 percent of universities coast to coast Auburn and Alabama are communist indoctrination centers. The student body largely rejects much of the propaganda. I know. I work at AU at least until the mandate deadline of December 8th.


13 posted on 10/25/2021 11:34:29 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( "...To the barricades...")
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To: Monterrosa-24

rot nothing but rot


14 posted on 10/26/2021 2:47:09 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: SeekAndFind

Who is John Galt?


15 posted on 10/26/2021 3:00:01 AM PDT by EBH (Never trust the government or a politician . 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: Alas Babylon!; Apple Pan Dowdy; GizmosAndGadgets; NonValueAdded; del4hope; MamaB; LowOiL; Jemian; ..

Ping to both the AU list and the State list.

Big sigh about this.


16 posted on 10/26/2021 3:22:22 AM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle! It is STILL great to be an Auburn Tiger.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just charge the parents more. Maybe, because of the tuition hike, some poor kid will not be able to attend and get indoctrinated, and instead go to a community college where he’ll learn something useful, or work in a garage where he’ll learn something really useful.


17 posted on 10/26/2021 3:24:26 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Let's go, Brandon!)
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To: goodnesswins

It isn’t the students, it’s the employees from the President down to the janitors. I’ll double-check my info, but that’s the way I read the edict last night.


18 posted on 10/26/2021 3:24:33 AM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle! It is STILL great to be an Auburn Tiger.)
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To: Jemian

Yes, students who are not employed by AU are not subject to this tyranny. Those who are employed have until Dec. 8 to be “fully vaccinated.”


19 posted on 10/26/2021 3:28:50 AM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle! It is STILL great to be an Auburn Tiger.)
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https://justthenews.com/nation/states/alabama-governor-issues-order-combating-federal-vaccine-mandate

“Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued Executive Order No. 724 on Monday calling for the state to oppose the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 mandate that businesses that employ more than 100 people require their workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly.

In the order, Ivey said the best ways to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations is through “education, transparency, communication, and persuasion,” and not “government coercion.”

“The federal government’s overreach has given us no other option, but to begin taking action, which is why I am issuing this EO to fight these covid-19 vaccine mandates. As long as I’m governor, AL will not force anyone to take the vaccine,” Ivey tweeted.

State Sen. Greg Reed, R-5, who serves as President Pro Tem of the Alabama Senate, said on Twitter the executive order “is a positive step toward protecting Alabamians from the vaccine mandates imposed by the federal government. This overreach by the Biden Administration puts individual freedom at risk & will cause significant economic challenges across our state.”

More at link........

20 posted on 10/26/2021 3:59:49 AM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle! It is STILL great to be an Auburn Tiger.)
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