Federal employee unions push back against
Biden’s vaccine mandate
Washington Times,
by
Jeff Mordock
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
9/9/2021 4:14:36 PM
Unions that represent federal workers pushed back Thursday against President Biden‘s plan to require all federal employees and contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The American Federation of Government Employees, which is part of the AFL-CIO and represents over 670,000 federal workers, said they encourage members to get vaccinated. However, they said COVID-19 vaccine requirements should be negotiated with the unions during collective bargaining, not mandated through an executive order. “Workers deserve a voice in their working conditions,” said the union’s national president Everett Kelly. “We expect to bargain over this change prior to implementation.” The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 150,000 employees across 31 agencies,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
john56 9/9/2021 4:43:04 PM (No. 909136)
Gee, the public employee unions sure got a lot of clout for their union dues.
I would expect, if such a survey was taken, that more Trump voters than Biden voters (excluding, of course the phony Biden votes trucked in to Atlanta, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Las Vegas) have been vaccinated.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
snapper451 9/9/2021 4:46:28 PM (No. 909142)
Federal employees, show your dissatisfaction by voting for the Republican for Governor in VA. Don't let them steal VA for the political hack and Clinton confidante Terry McCauliffe. This will scare the crap out of Democrats for 2022 if VA falls, especially if they lose northern VA where the government union bots, who vote "D" every time, move away.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mean Gene 9/9/2021 4:49:40 PM (No. 909149)
If Joe's handlers were not trying to provoke an insurrection, what would they have Joe do differently?
And, let's say an insurrection starts.
Will Joe's puppet masters be ready to impose martial law or worse?
Australia, or worse?
These are hundreds of thousands of LIBERAL federal employees!
Sticking a pole into that hornet's nest is never a good idea.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
skacmar 9/9/2021 4:50:00 PM (No. 909150)
Joe hosted two pro-union photo ops this week. That's the problem. Biden claims to support the unions and workers; but his actions clearly show he does not. Cancelation of pipelines, energy, jobs gone, favoring foreign companies over Americans ones. Biden"s policies and politics tend towards America last.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 9/9/2021 4:54:31 PM (No. 909157)
That’s one way to purge the Deep State.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 9/9/2021 4:59:48 PM (No. 909162)
Wish ya hadn't said all that #3. Now I'm thinking they've been studying the lockdowns to see where any weak spots are for more efficient martial law crackdowns. And worrying more about them obama/biden military purges and wokeness imposed rules on our troops.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 9/9/2021 4:59:54 PM (No. 909164)
Joe "Dementia" Biden
September 09, 2021
"However, back in December 2020, as president-elect, Biden said that COVID vaccinations should not be mandated by the government, and masks should not be mandated."
"While speaking in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 4, 2020, Biden was asked whether COVID vaccinations should be mandatory. He said, "No, I don't think it should be mandatory. I wouldn't demand it to be mandatory.""
"He added, "Just like I don't think masks have to be made mandatory nationwide."
His handlers know that the Demented one needs index cards and a teleprompter.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chumley 9/9/2021 5:00:49 PM (No. 909167)
They have been largely silent up to now. This would be a chance for them to redeem themselves, if they can break away from defending the lazy and worthless.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
FormerDem 9/9/2021 6:11:10 PM (No. 909215)
Biden's mysterious handlers now face the Kronstadt Sailors
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Considering that blacks are the least vaccinated members of society, and fill a huge number of government jobs, expect the cries of racism to fly soon. And, in this case, it might be the thing that backs this brain dead moron off of this madness.
If not, expect a flurry of lawsuits very soon from many segments of the working public.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 9/9/2021 6:25:36 PM (No. 909231)
Well unions, what goes around, comes around, no? Get in biden the cheater's face and see what happens.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
skacmar 9/9/2021 6:44:15 PM (No. 909260)
All federal employees should go on strike in protest! Also, doesn't this disproportionately effect Blacks and other minorities? Guess the Biden administration is discriminating! Democrats are racist!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
scottj 9/9/2021 6:51:57 PM (No. 909272)
This is the beginning of the end for those government indoctrination centers. Republicans are going to run on school vouchers that will allow people to send their kids to any school they want. People desperately want to get their kids to hell out of those government schools. The end of those indoctrination camps means the end of the teachers union. The end of the teachers union means the end of millions of dollars for the Democrats.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 9/9/2021 7:13:54 PM (No. 909298)
Well, this ought to get interesting when 500,000 federal workers are fired or just quit. Might be the best thing to happen to the government in the last 200 years.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
KTWO 9/9/2021 7:42:34 PM (No. 909327)
The union just wants to get another benefit. So it protests. They will probably settle for an additional two days off each year for any mandated vaccines.
And the Congress will probably make the deal retroactive so any employees who are already vaccinated can also take two days off by year end.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
TXknitter 9/9/2021 7:43:15 PM (No. 909328)
Absolutely #11. My neighbor said her Pentagon-employed daughter was not interested much in what Biden doing to the nation’s private sector. Now she is having a cow that his totalitarian junk is affecting her!!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 9/9/2021 8:41:01 PM (No. 909390)
Roughy-Roh, Raggy!
The equivalent of pissing in his Post Toasties.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
PCMM 9/9/2021 11:46:29 PM (No. 909521)
I’m guessing that no one here understands that Trump gutted any power these unions once had. The AFGE is toothless and everyone here cheered. He did it believing he was getting rid of bad people but only EMPOWERED the ones needing fired (the executives). It resulted in a conservative purge. Trump’s most sycophantic supporters would say, “Well, he meant well but was tricked or stabbed in the back!” It’s no excuse. Just like the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, understanding that what you read in the media is almost CERTAINLY inaccurate or purposely incorrect. Everything is upside down at this point, almost as if we’re living a story from the Old Testament. This is what happens when you turn away from God. In case you haven’t figured out what Hell really is, it’s the absence of God. Our country is becoming Hell on Earth. Enjoy your football games this weekend.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mifla 9/10/2021 5:44:33 AM (No. 909642)
I hope Biden tries to fire them. If he succeeds, we have smaller government. If he does not, he looks like a fool. Win-Win.
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