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(52,110 posts)the moment the FDA approved Pfizer and the Dept of Education could legally compel employees to be vaccinated.
No one in the union is arguing against vaccination mandates.
The union, right now, is trying to extend the vaccine deadline which is due to take effect on Monday.
The vaccination rate in teachers and staff has risen sharply since the mandate was announced.
But there are still enough unvaxed employees that if it were enacted on Monday, classrooms would have to close, causing overcrowding in the remaining classrooms and putting children at risk that way. Some schools would have to shut down. It would cause general chaos.
The union's position is that it wants to see an extension of the deadline in order to keep kids in school but get more people vaccinated.
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