I thought Democratic politicians respected unions and collective bargaining.Only if it advances the narrative.
Remember,
Posted on 10/15/2021 10:06:49 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday that she took her fight with the head of the city’s police officers union to court, arguing that his call for officers to ignore the order to report their COVID-19 vaccination status was illegal.
The mayor said in a statement that the city’s law department filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit Court for injunctive relief against Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara, whom she accused of “engaging in, supporting and encouraging work stoppage or strike.”
Lightfoot asked the court to prohibit the union and its officers from “engaging in any concerted refusal to submit vaccination status information” to the city’s portal. She also asked it to order Catanzara to stop urging members to refuse to provide their vaccination status information and to “issue a retraction and disavowal of his ... directives to FOP members that they refuse to submit vaccination status information.”
Lightfoot said that by urging union members to not report their COVID-19 by Friday’s deadline, Catanzara put the public in danger.
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What a mess.
Well yeah. Nice job groot. That’ll put a stop the illness that may be spread around the department this weekend.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday that she took her fight with the head of the city’s police officers union to court, arguing that his call for officers to ignore the order to report their COVID-19 vaccination status was illegal.
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Illegal? Let’s see the statute.
Where do the scumbags the Chicago police have to interact with have to report their vaccination status?
>> Nice job groot.
lol — I get the resemblance.
I thought Democratic politicians respected unions and collective bargaining.
Perhaps they will next year, before the 2022 elections.
Get a ruling. Cops can just ignore it. The government ignores rulings they don’t like, so why not? And who you gonna send to arrest them?
Um...no. Since she demanded it as part of their jobs, the union would regularly guide union members on any response. The union's first filing should be for change of venue.
These police have been operating and functioning just fine for the past year and a half...with a few succumbing to COVID. A co-worker of a friend who is a Sheriff got Covid...they took precautions, more testing, quarantine etc...to make sure it hadn’t spread etc etc. Everyone is back on the job. A bazillion people didn’t catch it from this single case.
And just like that, Dems are against unions.
Workers must be vaccinated. Moochers not.
I thought Democratic politicians respected unions and collective bargaining.Only if it advances the narrative.
Remember,
Cuz’ HIPPA DON’T COVID!
It seems to me like the mayor should lose this one, unless there is a provision in the police union contract that stipulates they have to get vaccines and/or provide their protected health info as to vaccination status to anyone.
But who knows what an IL judge will think?
Or maybe, Covid Don’t HIPPA?
“cause irreparable harm”? Chicago? That is funny.
While she’s rooting around. maybe disclose:
Any and all Psych meds
Depression/ Anxiety meds
Substance abuse history
Why Not? If you are going to and can now “go there”.
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Unions should immediately announce that they will throw all their support behind republican candidates from now on if she continues tnreatening them. The dems Wil. Go into panic mode
Will the Chicago police have “weather and air traffic control problems” like the pilots from Southwest Airline. I think half of Chicago would burn over a weekend of depolicing.
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