After the U.S. Supreme Court last month froze the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large private employers, some companies — including Boeing, General Electric and Starbucks — dropped plans to implement the mandate. Others, based on guidance issued in 2020 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, left the mandates in place. Most of the large employers that opted to mandate COVID vaccines for their employees, even though […]
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Judge Blocks Air Force From Punishing Officer Denied Religious Exemption to COVID Vaccine
A federal judge in Georgia temporarily prohibited the Air Force from punishing an officer who objected to receiving a COVID vaccine on religious grounds and was denied an exemption to the vaccination requirement. U.S. District Court Judge Tillman E. Self III on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction for the unnamed Air Force Reserve officer and […]
California Poised to Become First State to Mandate COVID Vaccines for Students and All Workplaces
In sweeping new legislation unveiled Friday, a bill in California would mandate that all businesses require their employees or independent contractors receive a COVID vaccine. The bill, proposed by Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), would require anyone who receives a medical or religious exemption to regularly test for COVID, while those who do not qualify would have […]
Ending Mandates: Rights Cannot Be ‘Switched Off’ During Emergencies
The ongoing Truckers for Freedom convoy in Ottawa has triggered a shockwave that is reaching all around the world. Even as our authoritarian federal regime continues to double down on measures and threatens to use brute force tactics against peaceful protesters, many provinces are nervously beginning to lay out a timeline for ending mandates. But there is […]
Ontario Declares State of Emergency, GiveSendGo Refuses to Freeze Donations for Truckers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency Friday in an effort to break up truckers protesting on the bridge between Canada and the United States. The leader of Canada’s most populated province said he will enact orders making it illegal to block or interfere with the movement of goods, people or services with […]