{"id":76912,"date":"2021-08-01T10:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T14:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76912"},"modified":"2021-08-01T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T14:41:46","slug":"biggest-public-sector-union-rejects-the-california-governors-unlawful-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76912","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Public Sector Union Rejects the California Governor’s Unlawful ‘Vaccine’ Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Biggest Public Sector Union
\nOpposes Newsom’s Vaccine Order<\/h1>\n

by Tom Ozimek
\nThe Epoch Times<\/p>\n

California\u2019s biggest public sector union has come out in opposition to Gov.\u00a0Gavin Newsom<\/a>\u2019s order\u00a0requiring state workers to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing.<\/p>\n

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Richard Louis Brown, president of SEIU Local 1000, which represents some 96,000 employees of the State of California, on Wednesday\u00a0shared a letter<\/a>\u00a0from the union to the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) objecting to Newsom\u2019s\u00a0vaccine mandate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new policy constitutes a unilateral change in violation of the obligation to give notice and the opportunity to meet and confer prior to implementation,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>reads the letter, signed by SEIU Local 1000 chief counsel Anne Giese.<\/p>\n

Giese called on CalHR and the\u00a0State of California to \u201ccease and desist enforcing this requirement or imposing an immediate deadline\u201d until the union has had the chance to meet and confer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The move came in response to the Democrat governor\u2019s order,\u00a0issued on Monday<\/a>, requiring all of California\u2019s state employees, some 246,000 people, to get vaccinated starting Aug. 2 or be subjected to weekly COVID-19 testing.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 is the disease caused by the\u00a0CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In announcing the vaccine mandate, Newsom pointed to the spread of the Delta variant of the CCP virus, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists as a \u201cvariant of concern\u201d and\u00a0considers to be<\/a>\u00a0more transmissible and potentially more resistant to vaccines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now dealing with a pandemic of the unvaccinated, and it\u2019s going to take renewed efforts to protect Californians from the dangerous Delta variant,\u201d Newsom said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the state\u2019s largest employer, we are leading by example and requiring all state and health care workers to show proof of vaccination or be tested regularly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So far, opposition by SEIU Local 1000 marks the only union objection to Newsom\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Newsom\u2019s office shared\u00a0statements in support<\/a>\u00a0of his order issued by a number of local leaders and associations.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewsom\u2019s new vaccine policy is a reasonable compromise that we can get behind,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>said Glen Stailey, president of the Correctional Peace Officers Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt provides for regular testing at work for those who have chosen not to get vaccinated\u2014this will prevent the spread of the virus among correctional officers and incarcerated individuals alike.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Denise Duncan, president of the United Nurses Association of California said in a statement that,\u00a0\u201cCOVID-19 transmissions are high, we\u2019re in a fourth surge, and we know that unvaccinated people are suffering the most. This is a forward-thinking order from Governor Newsom which will save lives by protecting patients and caregivers both.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Federal, state, and local government officials have pushed vaccinations harder as cases linked to the Delta variant have risen.<\/p>\n

Just under half of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n

Vaccine mandates have become a hot-button issue, with advocates welcoming them as a measure to help stem the spread of the CCP virus and protect vulnerable populations, while opponents object on a range of grounds, including concerns about side effects, that\u00a0the COVID-19 vaccines are currently under emergency use authorization, and that mandates infringe on personal liberties.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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