Maybe Biden's white house brain trust should have surveyed the unions a little bit before coming out with these heavy mandates? Now in addition to pushback from the right he will have to deal with the unions on the left. Public sector Unions are not just going to let large chunks of their
paypigs members get fired.
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"But Kelley insisted that “changes like this should be negotiated with our bargaining units where appropriate.”
“Put simply, workers deserve a voice in their working conditions. Neither of these positions has changed,” he continued. “We expect to bargain over this change prior to implementation, and we urge everyone who is able to get vaccinated as soon as they can do so.”
When reached by email, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the largest trade union, which represents approximately 1.3 million workers, deferred Yahoo News to Kelley’s statement"
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"The American Postal Workers Union, another sprawling labor union that represents over 200,00 employees and retirees in the United States Postal Service, rejected Biden’s initial July mandate. The group has yet to make a statement on the more stringent executive order and did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“While the APWU leadership continues to encourage postal workers to voluntarily get vaccinated, it is not the role of the federal government to mandate vaccinations for the employees we represent,” the APWU said in July."
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"And Psaki made the consequences of defying leadership clear.
“There will be limited exceptions for legally recognized reasons: disability or
religious objections,”
