downthewell62 t1_jeg0jyk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:09 PM

Reply to comment by crapador_dali in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

https://theconversation.com/why-police-unions-are-not-part-of-the-american-labor-movement-142538

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-trouble-with-police-unions

Sorry, but yes

downthewell62 t1_jeg0g97 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:08 PM

Reply to comment by obsoletevernacular9 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

So I did look up both of those people, and it does seem like they resisted vaccine mandates. But mainly they said they support everyone getting vaccinated, but that there should be rigorous testing accommodations for those that can't get the vaccine.

downthewell62 t1_jefgz5o wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Reply to comment by houligan27 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

> I'm not talking about vilifying police, Im talking about vilifying unions in general

Police unions (and other federal/state job unions) are radically different from private sector unions in almost all functions and forms. No one is vilifying unions in general. They're vilifying police unions, which are used almost exclusively to protect police abuses

downthewell62 t1_jefdcb4 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Reply to comment by theliontamer37 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

> Please tell me you realize there’s a difference between existing vaccines, and adding NEW vaccines

Please tell me you realize that you don't have an itemized like of vaccines you agree to vs ones you don't written into a contract, and any time one is added (like a variant of a flu shot), you have to renegotiate the entire union contract, right?

downthewell62 t1_jefa2xh wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Reply to comment by theliontamer37 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

No, because they weren't NEW requirements. Vaccine mandates for these kinds of workers have ALWAYS existed

downthewell62 t1_jef9y95 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:15 PM

Reply to comment by raven_785 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

You can google enough to find 1 or 2 idiots saying literally anything. It was a big push or the main reason teachers were protesting

downthewell62 t1_jef9rs3 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Reply to comment by houligan27 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

> Who said anything about Police unions? They're a small fraction of all unions.

This entire thread is about Police Unions. That's the point of the thread. So, everyone.

>but there's no need to misrepresent the situation of vilify them for fighting for their member's right to collectively bargain changes.

There weren't changes. There was nothing to bargain. And police Unions are the notorious villains of the country so, plenty of reasons to vilify them.

downthewell62 t1_jef1cqz wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:19 PM

Reply to comment by throwawaysscc in Former Boston police officer arrested for involvement in January 6 attack on the Capitol by TekJansen69

Good news, he just got indicted.

downthewell62 t1_jef1ayn wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:19 PM

Reply to comment by RainyPrincess19 in Former Boston police officer arrested for involvement in January 6 attack on the Capitol by TekJansen69

Another one ran for school board south of Boston. And won.

downthewell62 t1_jef16tz wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Reply to comment by snowednboston in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

It generally is... but the cops are loaded to the gills with Republican fascists.

downthewell62 t1_jef14ft wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

>This vaccine was not approved by the FDA and clearly wasn’t doing as advertised.

So... COVID deaths for the vaccinated drastically went down because magic? What vaccine was everyone taking that wasn't FDA approved?

downthewell62 t1_jef11s1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:17 PM

Reply to comment by Swayz in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

We all questioned it. As everyone should. Thankfully there were hundreds of peer reviewed papers and data that showed everything was fine.

downthewell62 t1_jef0xv8 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:16 PM

Reply to comment by houligan27 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

Police Unions are notoriously conservative. Because police are notoriously conservative.

The police unions are not the same as unions in private companies

downthewell62 t1_jef0v8g wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:16 PM

Reply to comment by raven_785 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

Teachers unions were protesting being forced back into unventilated classrooms with 40 walking petri dishes, with no PPE gear, no masks required, and no support.

Not anything to do with vaccines.

downthewell62 t1_jef0qnk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Reply to comment by theliontamer37 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

Health requirements don't need to be part of a collective bargaining thing

downthewell62 t1_jef0l1t wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:14 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

>Also I was told this was unlike the flu. So now it is?

You realize the comparison is to the flu shot, and how the flu shot is updated every near - not a comparison to the flu sickness, right? I assume you have to just be TRYING to be difficult and dumb.

But pray tell me, what "version" of the vaccine did most people take?

downthewell62 t1_jef0dap wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:13 PM

Reply to comment by theliontamer37 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

> for “public safety”.

what are the 4 requirements

downthewell62 t1_je5uyrm wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:04 PM

Reply to comment by senatorium in Transit experts say new MBTA general manager will 'fail' without more resources by ToadScoper

What is the legal process to do this? Can Wu just...do it? If so, she needs to

downthewell62 OP t1_je4zaev wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:34 PM

Reply to comment by okethan in What exactly is the Greek American Political Club in Cambridge? by downthewell62

If I wanted to just check the place out and meet some of the members do I just... knock when it looks like they're open?

downthewell62 OP t1_je24pek wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:21 PM

Reply to comment by photinakis in What exactly is the Greek American Political Club in Cambridge? by downthewell62

> I'm guessing you're a fellow Greek-American?

I'm too distantly related to really consider myself one, that part of my family is a bit lost to me. But I know they all used to live next to that church so I thought it might be a good place to go to get a feel for my family

downthewell62 OP t1_je0pcbz wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Reply to comment by TheLamestUsername in What exactly is the Greek American Political Club in Cambridge? by downthewell62

Do you know when they meet, by any chance? It always seems abandoned. I'd like to check it out on a night it's not rented out

downthewell62 OP t1_je0pa28 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:59 PM

Reply to comment by dtmfadvice in What exactly is the Greek American Political Club in Cambridge? by downthewell62

Thanks for the reassurance!

My family used to live on that street and go to that church. It'd be fun to talk to some old timers. I thought it was maybe a veterans hall, knights of columbus kinda thing, but wanted to make sure I wasn't like, accidentally walking into a mafia den

downthewell62 OP t1_je0p2ee wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:58 PM

Reply to comment by Prestigious_Bobcat29 in What exactly is the Greek American Political Club in Cambridge? by downthewell62

I wish

downthewell62 t1_jadqmcb wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Reply to comment by ashhole613 in Just came back from FL and ... by kamikaze_girl

I just genuinely don't know what most people are going to do. I just don't know. Everything is being built too slowly and being scooped up by rental conglomerates who can charge whatever they want because people NEED houses.

Last I checked, a record high of 50% of millennials are living with their parents.