After the new vaccine policy had been spelled out Thursday, major union groups reacted with a largely tepid response, with many members voicing concerns about personal freedoms, privacy and the policy's practice.
President Joe Biden called for more programs that incentivize vaccination. Some groups representing federal workers are raising some objections to the new rules.President Joe Biden's bid for the White House as he promised to be"the most pro-union president you've ever seen." It was an embrace that many of the major federations, associations, teamsters and brotherhoods in the nation requited by endorsing his candidacy.
Following the announcement, an APWU spokesperson underscored that while their workers are government employees, they are an independent agency -- and thus don't have to adhere to Biden's new policy. "We have a lot of questions about how this policy will be implemented and how employee rights and privacy will be protected," National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon said in a statement to ABC News."This approach appears to establish a process for employees to voluntarily disclose their vaccination status."NTEU represents 150,000 federal employees across 34 departments and agencies.
"The Biden administration is trying to thread that needle," NNU President Deborah Burger told ABC News. "You have to honor those accommodations, and move forward."At least one major federation of unions is going ever further than Biden in its stance on vaccines: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Tuesday that he would support a full vaccine mandate.
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