Posted on 11/02/2021 9:29:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chicago’s police unions won a big, but still only partial victory yesterday as Judge Raymond W. Mitchell issued an order suspending enforcement of the city’s mandate that police officers be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of the year. The city’s police unions, led by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7’s head John Catanzara, had been involved in a bitter public dispute with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Judge Mitchell’s ruling to suspend the mandate made a key point about the vaccine mandate: that once carried out, it cannot be undone. It also affirmed that the mandate is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the city and the unions, and that the contractual arbitration process must move forward to provide resolution to the dispute.
The ruling does not affect other city employees covered by the mandate.
Patrick Smith and Mariah Woelfel of WBEZ report that despite the victory, the city can still enforce its requirement that officers report their vaccination status, which had been a key point of union resistance.
About 58% of the city’s police force has reported being vaccinated against COVID-19, according to city data. However, about 27% of officers still have not reported their vaccination status at all.Up until now, much of the public fight over Chicago’s vaccination policy has been over the reporting requirement. John Catanzara, the head of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, has vocally opposed the requirement that all workers share whether or not they are vaccinated against COVID-19, calling it an invasion of privacy and a violation of the police contract.
Catanzara repeatedly called for officers to “hold the line” and refuse to share their vaccination status with the city. However, the majority of FOP members went against his wishes and updated their status.
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Don’t mean a thing is Beetlejuice decides not to take his advice.
The judge is part of the government. The CEO of Southwest Airlines isn’t. The problem is that we can’t count on the government doing the right thing. The CEO found enlightenment. A judge doesn’t have too.
“A big, but still only a partial victory.”
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Partial and most important and disappointingly, temporary suspension.
A slowing down of the overall American trend to self-destruct.
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