AFT President Randi Weingarten explains why she now supports vaccine mandates -- and why her union has opposed them.
If the U.S. had a better vaccination rate, we might not be talking about mandates. Right now,of adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use, but in a dozen states that rate is still below 60%. Caseloads and hospitalizations are rising across the country as the delta variant spreads, threatening in-person school and the economy at large.
But even this demographic appears to include a contingent of hardcore vaccine skeptics. In a survey conducted this summer by EdWeek Research Center,American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said she personally supports vaccine mandates for her teachers, but her union still says they should be voluntary.
In some ways, the debate surrounding unions and vaccine mandates is a debate about a union’s purpose: How should it weigh the interests of a subset of dues-paying members against the interests of a community? When it comes to the vaccine, Weingarten said, catering to the 10% could jeopardize the union’s relationship to the other 90% ― and to students and their families.
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