Union: Community Transit vaccine mandate puts jobs in 'jeopardy'
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EVERETT — Union leaders for Community Transit drivers and maintenance workers are trying to ease the impacts of the recently issued vaccine requirement.
Community Transit CEO Ric Ilgenfritz instated the phased policy Sept. 28. Since then, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1576 representatives have been bargaining over the mandate.
By Jan. 1, all Community Transit employees must be vaccinated or have an approved exemption for medical or “deeply held” religious beliefs.
The union opposed a mandate that “puts our members at jeopardy of losing their jobs,” according to a post on the group’s Facebook page.
“Our position is that workers in all classifications can and should be accommodated, such as with weekly testing, as a continued option to remain actively employed,” the post read. “We are working with our attorneys to craft a proposal on job protections for members who are impacted by this mandate.”
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/union-community-transit-vaccine-mandate-puts-jobs-in-jeopardy/
What bothers me is that early on CT drivers were getting infected at a higher rate than the general public. The solution was to suspend fares and have passengers enter and disembark from the rear doors of the bus thereby limiting exposure.
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