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obsoletevernacular9 t1_jeg1odz wrote

Reply to comment by downthewell62 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

Which makes sense - they wanted members to voluntarily get vaccinated, but didn't want to mandate it to their members unless they bargained for it.

I just double checked and 94% of the Boston firefighters union was vaccinated by January 2022, but they were still against it being mandated without bargaining for it.

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downthewell62 t1_jeg0g97 wrote

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.

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nhf1918 t1_jefzorm wrote

Reply to comment by RailRoad_Candy in Sometimes I wonder about the dudes that used to fish off the side where Encore is, back when it was a toxic superfund site. by _AttilaTheNun_

Isn’t that really more true for fresh water (I agree w you on that front). Lower mystic where op is referring to is tidal waters and the fisherman are going for stripers and bluefish which are migrating up and down east coast not hanging around in the river all year.

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obsoletevernacular9 t1_jefza5a wrote

Reply to comment by downthewell62 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

Seriously, google "vaccine mandate", "collective bargaining", and either Becky Pringle or Randi Weingarten from the NEA and AFT. You'll find a lot of articles about the controversy over vaccine mandates for educators who didn't want to lose local bargaining power or agreed to a mandate in exchange for concessions. Randi fairly consistently said in summer 2021 that they would bargain for a mandate and did not support the idea initially until Delta was raging and the start of school approached.

This was a pretty big controversy in summer 2021. It's normal for a union to not want a mandate imposed on their members without gaining something.

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and_dont_blink OP t1_jefyf8y wrote

Reply to comment by Funktapus in Feds inspect Springfield factory as part of probe into MBTA’s Chinese contractor by and_dont_blink

It would likely be cheaper to scrap it entirely and just have them build the train cars and ship them. We saw that with the initial bids given -- they were essentially "we don't want to do this, so will give a bid so high you'll have to turn it down because it won't make sense." That's how bad the situation we've created is.

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nhf1918 t1_jefye0b wrote

Reply to comment by CheruthCutestory in Sometimes I wonder about the dudes that used to fish off the side where Encore is, back when it was a toxic superfund site. by _AttilaTheNun_

Are there any American cities that really do this well? When I compare Boston to a lot of us cities on the preservation of green spaces I feel like it’s not that bad. Charles used to be bad but seems to be in decent shape these days. When I compare Boston to providence waterfront - Boston is quite a bit nicer.

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