The largest U.S. foot-dragging-socialist teachers' union announces support for vaccination or testing for educators.

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/world/teachers-union-vaccine-
mandate.html

The nation’s largest teachers' union on Thursday offered its support to
policies that would require all teachers to get vaccinated against Covid
or submit to regular testing.

It is the latest in a rapid series of shifts that could make widespread
vaccine requirements for teachers more likely as the highly contagious
Delta variant spreads in the United States.

“It is clear that the vaccination of those eligible is one of the most
effective ways to keep schools safe,” Becky Pringle, president of the
National Education Association, said in a statement.

The announcement comes after Randi Weingarten, the powerful leader of the
American Federation of Teachers, another major education union, signaled
her strongest support yet for vaccine mandates on Sunday.

Ms. Pringle left open the possibility that teachers who are not vaccinated
could receive regular testing instead, and added that local “employee
input, including collective bargaining where applicable, is critical.”

Her union’s support for certain requirements is notable because it
represents about three million members across the country, including in
many rural and suburban districts where adults are less likely to be
vaccinated. Overall, the union said, nearly 90 percent of its members
report being fully vaccinated.

Still, any decision to require vaccination for teachers is likely to come
at the local or state level. And even with their growing support,
teachers’ unions have maintained that their local chapters should
negotiate details.

“We believe that such vaccine requirements and accommodations are an
appropriate, responsible, and necessary step,” Ms. Pringle said on
Thursday. She added that “educators must have a voice in how vaccine
requirements are implemented.”

California has ordered all teachers and staff members to provide proof of
vaccination or face weekly testing, an order that applies to both public
and private schools. Hawaii is requiring all state and county employees to
be vaccinated or be tested, including public-school teachers. And Denver
has said that city employees, including public school teachers, must be
fully vaccinated by Sept. 30.



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