The head of a national teacher’s union says there should be a vaccine mandate for educators.
The leader of one union in Illinois says any mandate should be discussed district by district.
Kathi Griffin President of the Illinois Education Association says research shows about 80 percent of IEA teachers are already vaccinated and discussion to get to a mandate should be done locally.
“We do support the vaccination. We do believe that vaccines are the way out of this pandemic and if a school district is going to do that, we just ask that they work with their local union to bargain. Often times when you say bargain, everybody thinks you are saying no and that is not true. What we are asking, as far as bargaining, is making sure that the processes are put into place. What are the processes for those employees, who due to medical or religious reasons are not able to be vaccinated.”
Griffin notes that 80% vaccinated figure came from a June survey.
***Report Courtesy of farmweeknow.com***
