A steep divide has emerged among labor unions — as well as between members and leaders — over whether to require workers to be vaccinated
One labor consultant noted that Trumka’s public remarks were likely a signal to other unions that this was the direction in which federal policy was heading, and a nudge for them to get on board, too. In his role as AFL-CIO president, Trumka represents a consortium of labor groups acting as a leading voice for a large swath of organized labor.
“If you're coming back into the workplace, you have to know what's around you,” Trumka said in an interview with C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on Tuesday. “First of all, if you come back in and you're not vaccinated, everybody in that workplace is jeopardized. Second of all, if we don't know whether you've been vaccinated or not, we can't make the proper accommodations to make sure that you are protected and everybody else is protected.
Some local union chapters, which are more directly connected with union members than leadership at the national offices, have also issued statements opposing vaccine mandates, as governments in California and New York City announced that they are requiring public employees to get vaccinated or be tested regularly.
The president of the Service Employees International Union 1199, which represents workers in D.C, Maryland and Virginia, also issued a statement condemning the University of Maryland Medical System’s decision in June to mandate the vaccine for its employees.
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