A colleague of mine was ranting about how the local teachers union was against a vaccine mandate. Upon further inspection, it seems like a lot of unions are against mandatory vaccines.

Does this basically boil down to labor not wanting to be forced to do something by management? Or is there something more?

  • TheUrbanaSquirrel [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Can the union require vaccines though? Not in agreement with management, but on their own? Basically is there a situation where the union could get ahead of these kinds of mandates, instead of reacting against it?

    • LeninsRage [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      That would be very unwise. There are many anti-vaxxers here

      • TheUrbanaSquirrel [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Oh, I agree! I know of some in my office building. But the ones I know are also against having to pay dues for political organizing, and the union wanted to force them to do it anyway (Janus ). So there are some situations where the union does go against its workers. I'm just trying to see if there's a scenario where they could force the vaccine.