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13. Uh huh. Pfizer was FDA approved in the end of August. The NYC Dept of Ed is an

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 06:58 PM

Sep 2021

organization with about the same number of people in it as the population of the city of Dallas, though the NYC Dept of Education is a lot more diverse.

But the NYC Dept of Education should have had everything all squared away within the week after the vaccine was approved.

And because they didn't, let's all trash the union.

And you didn't answer my question: do you have a better idea? I don't.

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A Federal Judge Blocks A Vaccine Mandate For NYC Teachers [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 OP

A temporary block only until the full court looks at it next week. PSPS Sep 2021 #1

Exactly! Vaccine mandates have been around and by order of SCOTUS since 1905 PortTack Sep 2021 #2

From the radio report, it wasn't even going to be an en banc review (yet) BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #4

It why does the Teacher's Union want it? brooklynite Sep 2021 #14

Now even the Federal Judges go all DeathSantis on us ... stupid mutherf**kers, is a Republican NotHardly Sep 2021 #3

The more things change... LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2021 #5

Once again, the union wants to stop a needed directive. oldsoftie Sep 2021 #6

Ignorant statement. Since Pfizer was FDA approved, the NYC teacher's union has fought Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #7

NYC, teachers union continue negotiations over COVID vaccine mandate PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #9

Vaccines have been available for over a year. O excuse. brooklynite Sep 2021 #15

Vaccines were not FDA approved and therefore could not be a work requirement. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #18

The Union negotiated a contract with NYC and any change on the conditions of employment PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #8

And if they didn't get the extension and the chaos ensued due to staffing shortages, Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #10

This issue needed to be dealt with before schools opened but, in typical NYC fashion, it wasn't. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #11

Uh huh. Pfizer was FDA approved in the end of August. The NYC Dept of Ed is an Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #13

Teacher's Union Bashing. . .something Republicans have done for decades AZLD4Candidate Sep 2021 #12

Any union that disregards the public good and science cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #16

Yes. . .nothing helps out huge nationwide teacher shortage than attacking teachers AZLD4Candidate Sep 2021 #17

No one is attacking teachers. cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #19

A low bar indeed. Unvaccinated idiots should be segregated from polite society. Lucky Luciano Sep 2021 #21

We've heard that same argument against nurse vaccination mandates NickB79 Sep 2021 #27

The union has no problem with vaccine mandates. They were the ones who pushed for it Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #29

My wife is literally throwing away vaccine doses daily NickB79 Sep 2021 #31

I don't know why the people who brought the complaint brought it. They are not the union. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #33

There is a lot of Bush-style "you're either for us or against us" thinking in the world, Steelrolled Sep 2021 #23

It's gotten so bad, it has its own Wikipedia page... PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #26

Because BOTH of those unions protect criminals oldsoftie Sep 2021 #30

That is absolute nonsense. And bashing the teachers' union over this decision is an irrational, Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #32

Did you read the report? No. oldsoftie Sep 2021 #34

I am a member of the union. I am very well versed in how it works. I am also very Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #35

Seems as if the union would've taken action if the story was false. oldsoftie Sep 2021 #40

And exactly who are these people you are referring to who "should be fired?" Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #41

PS: and really? You're going with the argument that you saw it in the news and therefore it must Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #42

Who appointed the judge? Polybius Sep 2021 #20

He's named in the UPI article... PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #24

Bush appointed him to the district court and Trump elevated him to the appeals court onenote Sep 2021 #36

Due process is important. Steelrolled Sep 2021 #22

The teacher's union wasn't involved in this lawsuit, it was brought on behalf of an individual PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #25

Well I guess they can have their day in court. Steelrolled Sep 2021 #28

what legal grounds were there for this? This is a long court approved action. Long precendent. ZonkerHarris Sep 2021 #37

No legal opinion just an order in the stay... ZonkerHarris Sep 2021 #38

A copy of the suit was posted above BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #39

Federal judges: NYC can impose vaccine mandate on teachers PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #43

Ahhh - Thank you for that update BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #44