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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad to see Bower finally stand up to the union, which, of course, opposes this mandate. Bowser always does the right thing, after everyone else has already done it. Leading from behind. [/quote]

Source?  Where does the WTU say they oppose the mandate?

Are you confusing the WTU with the firefighters and police unions?  [/quote]

The WTU is not happy about the mandate being imposed rather than negotiated. From the article I referenced in the original post of this thread:

[quote]The announcement drew immediate rebuke from the Washington Teachers’ Union, which said that the city should have negotiated a mandate with the union. Union President Jacqueline Pogue Lyons said that although she wants all teachers to be vaccinated and school buildings open, she fears that some people could be wrongly terminated. She said that she has heard reports from teachers who experienced technical glitches when they applied for medical or religious exemptions.

“We would have hoped a vaccination mandate would be discussed with the WTU in advance, given that changes in working conditions are a mandatory subject of bargaining,” Lyons said in a statement. “We need to get clarity and work this out through bargaining immediately.”[/quote]

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Of course the WTU wants to bargain over it because they don't care about kids.  Not vaccinated = you're fired.  End of story.[/quote]

There are many teachers on Twitter posting about how this invades their freedom of choice with respect to their body and “hahaha-ing” saying DCPS is going to have a big problem since so many teachers are going to quit over this leaving them understaffed. I don’t purport to know whether any of that is even remotely accurate or reflective of anything but a very small minority view but it was sickening to see any teacher saw.[/quote]

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