For Nancy Orr, the decision to make her own medical decisions came with a high price. Getting fired in September from her executive assistant position at Richmond’s Library of Virginia wasn’t exactly a surprise, however, because, as she told The Epoch Times, she saw it coming. “Like many people at the beginning of this, I…
To Comply, or Not to Comply: Virginia State Employee Chooses Termination Over Obedience
School Boards Ask Biden Admin to Treat Parents’ Protests as ‘Domestic Terrorism’
The national organization of public school boards is calling on the Biden administration to protect its members from “angry mobs” of parents who protest against COVID-19 restrictions placed on students and the teaching of critical race theory, characterizing the protests as “domestic terrorism.” The National School Boards Association (NSBA), which represents more than 90,000 school…
Health Care Giant Northwell Denies Some Benefits to Workers Fired Over Vaccine Mandate
Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New York state, is denying some benefits to employees it’s firing because they refuse to comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers. Those terminated lose all employer contributions to their retirement plans for this year unless they’re older than 62. They are also…
Healthcare Giant Northwell Denies Some Benefits to Employees Fired over Vaccine Mandate
Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider in New York State, is denying some benefits to employees it’s firing because they refuse to comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. Those terminated lose all employer contributions to their retirement plans for this year unless they are older than 62. They are also denied…
Arkansas Bill Would Create Antibody Exemption for Biden Vaccine Mandates
Lawmakers in Arkansas advanced legislation on Sept. 29 that would allow workers to opt out of their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement if they can prove that they have natural antibodies against the CCP virus or if they’re tested for the virus weekly. Arkansas’s House and Senate Public Health committees endorsed identical versions of the legislation,…
Arkansas Bill Creates Antibody Exemption for Biden Vaccine Mandates
Lawmakers in Arkansas on Wednesday advanced a bill that would allow workers to opt-out of their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement if they can prove they have natural antibodies against the CCP virus or if they are tested weekly. Arkansas’ House and Senate Public Health committees endorsed identical versions of the legislation, according to lawmakers. The…
Mask Up or Shut Down: Colorado School Given Ultimatum Over Mask Mandate
A private Christian school in Loveland, Colorado, is planning to file a lawsuit against the local health department after being forced to impose a mask mandate on students under the threat of an imminent shutdown. Parents at Resurrection Christian School in Loveland, Colorado, were told on Sept. 15 that all persons entering school buildings the…
United Airlines Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Workers Seeking Religious, Medical Exemptions
United Airlines has agreed to temporarily pause its COVID-19 vaccine mandate until Oct. 15 for employees who submit religious or medical exemptions. The company in early August became the first U.S. carrier to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all domestic employees. It announced that any employees not vaccinated by Sept. 27 would be terminated on Oct. 2…
Government Workers in California and Oregon Take Fight Over Forced Union Dues to Supreme Court
Government workers involved in four separate lawsuits are asking the Supreme Court to compel labor unions to return forced fees illegally seized from their paychecks that they say the unions refused to refund after losing a major case in 2018. The appeal from a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Brice v. California…
Union Representing Thousands of Pilots Warn Vaccine Mandate Could Cause Travel Chaos
A union representing pilots for several major U.S. airlines warned that COVID-19 vaccine mandates could trigger chaos during the upcoming holiday travel season. Allied Pilots Association President Eric Ferguson, in a letter (pdf) to the White House and Congress, said that some pilots “are unable to undergo vaccination for documented medical reasons, while others are…
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