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Chicago Police Union Warns Of Workforce
Shortage, Threatens Suit

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Posted By: AltaD, 10/12/2021 11:01:59 PM

Chicago - The chief of the union that represents rank-and-file Chicago police officers warned that the force could be at half-strength over the weekend as a result of a City Hall mandate that officers must be either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested regularly for the coronavirus. Saying the mayor's office has refused to bargain in good faith, John Catanzara, head of Chicago Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police, or FOP, said the union planned to file a class action lawsuit if city officials follow through on a promise to place police officers into "no-paid" status for refusing to participate in the city's vaccination portal.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Ribicon 10/12/2021 11:07:46 PM (No. 943716)
Stand strong, officers. Gives the rest of us more leverage.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Come And Take It 10/12/2021 11:11:45 PM (No. 943717)
Read a story tonight that our Fatazz Gov. Pritzker, in response to this story, is now trying to 'close a loophole' in state law that says that no one can be forced into a medical procedure against their moral beliefs or religion. According to our Governor, the law was never intended to apply to individuals and their health care choices, but was supposed to prevent doctors from being forced to perform medical procedures they don't morally or religiously agree with. Problem is, the law doesn't say that. They are scrambling, because Catanzara says that CPD cannot be forced to take the clot shot because of the law, and Gov. Fatbody expects tons of lawsuits using the law as their basis.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: skacmar 10/13/2021 12:27:57 AM (No. 943745)
Let's see how strongly Mayor Lori still believes in her mandate after the city becomes more of a shooting gallery than it already is. Lets see the Mayor explain her way around all of the gun injuries and deaths.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: mifla 10/13/2021 4:58:17 AM (No. 943813)
Chicago, much like NYC, LA, Seattle, and Minneapolis, is lost.
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