* Yeah, no…
Last I checked, Bailey wasn’t much of a union guy, and this case was about how Mayor Lightfoot didn’t secure a proper agreement with the city’s labor unions before imposing the mandate…
The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, known as AFSCME, and the Coalition of Unionized Public Employees, which represents more than two dozen labor organizations representing city employees.
Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter said Lightfoot, who will leave office in less than a month, unilaterally imposed the vaccine mandate. It is unclear how many employees would be rehired if the ruling stands.
“The right call is collaboration,” said Reiter, adding that the complaint was not prompted by the debate over whether employees should – or should not – be vaccinated against COVID-19. “This is the right decision.”
A decision upholding Lightfoot’s action would have weakened labor rights throughout Illinois, Reiter said.
* The mandate did go to arbitration, but the state board ruled this…
And although the arbitrator found that the imposition of no-pay status for failure to vaccinate did not violate the contract based on an earlier arbitration award, his analysis does not establish that the Charging Parties clearly and unmistakably waived their right to bargain that potential consequence. … Thus, the Charging Parties did not clearly and unmistakably waive the right to bargain the effects of the Respondent’s vaccine mandate and reporting requirement.
* A couple of conclusions…
The Respondent violated Sections 10(a)(4) and (1) of the Act by implementing its vaccination policy without first bargaining over its effects to impasse or agreement.
The Respondent violated Sections 10(a)(4) and (1) of the Act by implementing changes to the sick leave addendum without bargaining to impasse or agreement.
* One of its several cease and desist orders…
Failing and refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with the Charging Parties over the effects of its decision to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and related reporting requirements.
- OneMan - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 12:18 pm:
Funny, Darren, their attornies have had more luck than you on this subject.
- Amalia - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 12:22 pm:
I love unions, but the requirement surely stopped the spread. I’d do it again if I was in charge.
- Alice Childress - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 12:25 pm:
Darren…who?
- 48th Ward Heel - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 12:26 pm:
==Never Again(banned punctuation)==
Gross
- ANON - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 12:45 pm:
Labor Relations Boards in Illinois are a joke–all labor appointees–Reiter calling for collaboration–that’s rich–name me one labor leader that had the common sense to tell their members to get vaccinated?
- Big Dipper - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 12:49 pm:
It was just an ALJ, the City can file exceptions which it said it plans to and the Board will make the ultimate decision.
- TheInvisibleMan - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 1:00 pm:
Easier to ask for forgiveness, than permission.
It got the job done, during the time it needed to get done.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 1:00 pm:
It’s not that Bailey is anti-union.
It is that Bailey can align himself with an organization that can’t find it in them to expel Proud Boys
The vaccine aspect, as a labor organization, you’d think health, safety, welfare would matter, but given the circumstances, the ruling, and these members, the signaling is the louder being heard here than the ruling to the order.
“Winning” heightens the signaling, which was already loud.
- Norseman - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 1:25 pm:
Congratulations, selfish ignorant people and blind lawyers facilitate death and suffering from a vaccine preventable disease. The next pandemic will run up another enormous death toll thanks to what has been done by the MAGA GOP politicians and lawyers.
- Robin - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 1:31 pm:
Fantastic news
- Perrid - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 1:37 pm:
“My offer is this…nothing”
Seriously, a good faith bargaining over this would be telling people to just do it. Making themselves and everyone else around them healthier. It’s insane stuff like this that gives unions a bad name. Well, this and the FOP going to the mat for each and every murderer.
- Huh? - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 2:28 pm:
Who was the leader of the maggots and what was his attitude towards covid and the vaccines?
The maggots blindly and faithfully followed their dear leader.
This was a Pyrrhic victory for the union.
- Also Anonymous - Monday, Apr 24, 23 @ 4:08 pm:
@(Q?)ANON
= name me one labor leader that had the common sense to tell their members to get vaccinated =
Stacy Davis Gates
…and she’s not the only one.