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Yak_Rodeo t1_itrkkn2 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Massdot is allegedly asking Unvaccinated workers to come back to work by WetLump

yeah its too bad people dont want to have a legitimate conversation on it, im fully vaxxed with a booster and encourage everyone to get it but the complete disregard for workers rights was always such a shaky decision

this place is super pro union but blasted the firefighters union for being anti mandate

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nottoodrunk t1_ituqm58 wrote

I got downvoted to hell for pointing out that allowing the city to unilaterally rip up a CBA between itself and the union was an absolutely terrible precedent, no matter how much “greater good” it would be for. No one wanted to hear that the unions bargain on behalf of their members and no one else, which is why concerned citizens don’t have a seat at the table.

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Academic_Guava_4190 t1_its68by wrote

I think it was a sense of fear and lack of knowledge. Everyone was desperate to get to zero Covid. We now know that isn’t possible even in China where they have been brutal about their restrictions. What so far as been discovered is that the vaccine helped alleviate symptoms and help keep people out of the hospital system while doctors and medical personnel learned how best to treat it, but that was hard to foresee because we were in the middle of a worldwide experiment. Now we can say well if you don’t want the vaccine that’s on you, good luck, and stay the fuck away from the rest of us.

I think what they needed to implement far more than a vaccine mandate was an increase of paid sick time in every industry but places are so afraid of that minority of people who will take advantage.

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fadetoblack237 t1_itsmnw5 wrote

>I think what they needed to implement far more than a vaccine mandate was an increase of paid sick time in every industry but places are so afraid of that minority of people who will take advantage.

You hit the nail on the head right here. My office just sent out a memo saying that you can be penalized for going over your 5 allotted sick days. Vaccinated employees are still coming in with symptoms and spreading it.

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Academic_Guava_4190 t1_itsonxc wrote

That’s awful. I’m sorry. Pure corporate greed. No one coming to work sick is being productive.

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Quincyperson t1_itsz5om wrote

And to add to it, the firefighters union wasn’t anti mandate. It’s that they had made a vax or test deal with Janey before she left office. Wu came in and ripped up the deal and made a unilateral change for the vax mandate. She then offered essentially the same deal to the cops and teachers that she broke with the FF’s.

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