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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]
[b]The WTU negotiated a number of safety issues for schools which included mandatory vaccines.[/b] That is a fact. The negotiations resulted in a mandate with WTU support. 
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Every time you make this false claim, I'm going to come back here and dispute it.  WTU saying that vaccines are a subject of "mandatory bargaining" does NOT mean that WTU was affirmatively pushing DCPS for a vaccine mandate.  It means that WTU was asserting its right to limit DCPS's ability to impose a vaccine mandate.  And of course -- THERE IS NO MANDATE.  Vaccination is still VOLUNTARY for WTU members and all adults in DCPS.  WTU has zero, and I mean ZERO, credibility to be claiming expertise or bona fide interest in safety measures unless and until they are affirmatively pushing for vaccine mandates for all adults in DCPS. Period. [/quote]

I really don't understand your hangup on this topic, especially since you have been proven wrong. Saying that something is subject to "mandatory bargaining" means that it must be negotiated. Indeed, a vaccine mandate was negotiated and approved. For some reason, you understand "negotiate" to mean "oppose". I don't know why you have this understanding, but it is wrong linguistically and it has been proven wrong factually.

Yes, teachers now have a vaccine mandate. There are medical and religious reasons -- both of which I oppose -- but those with such exemptions are subject to weekly testing. This is the same mandate faced by other DC employees.

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There would be nothing to negotiate if WTU actually wanted a mandate. Do you think if Bowser offered every teacher a $50,000 bonus, the WTU would say, "wait, wait, wait -- we need to negotiate this first." No, they'd say thank you very much and everyone would move on.

The fact that we have a teacher vaccine "mandate" with so many holes and exceptions and literally no information WHATSOEVER about how many people are vaccinated shows the mandate we have is almost meaningless, and that is thanks to resistance by WTU. [/quote]

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