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NY Union Leaders Taking de Blasio’s Vaccine Passport/Mandate to Court

Aug 25, 2021. Say NO to Mayor de Blasio’s vaccine mandates and vaccine passports outside NY City Hall; a massive crowd gathered representing multiple city unions.

Flickr Slide Show:

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.Organized Labor in New York Opposes COVID Vaccine Mandates. Read HERE

Rachel Maniscalco is a teacher resigning from the UFT (United Federation of Teachers). She supports medical freedom: CHOICE  [teachersforchoice.org]

Michael Kane, one of many founders of the group said,“Our official position is that people should be able to make their own choices regarding masks and vaccines. We have teachers who don’t want to be vaccinated and the UFT is trying to force them.” He announced that he too is leaving the New York City Teachers Union (UFT)

“As many of you know I publicly announced I am leaving my union, the UFT … Leaving the union does not mean I am leaving my NYC DOE job … It just means I will no longer be paying union dues to the UFT while I teach in NYC.

The United States Supreme Court has ruled I cannot be compelled to pay any union dues or fees as a condition of my employment.  As of this date, I revoke any dues deduction authorization that I may have signed and no longer authorize the deduction of any union dues or fees from my paycheck.

The President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten was on the record that she supported forcing teachers to get the COVID vaccine to keep our jobs. Thankfully due to pressure fron TEACHERS FOR CHOICE she reversed those comments. We cannot stop fighting!”

Link to the Google Doc for class action lawsuit

[https://teachersforchoice.org/2021/07/28/organized-labor-in-new-york-opposes-covid-vaccine-mandates/]

Michael Kane introduced singer, Lisa Eden, to sing the National Anthem. She also spoke, before she sang, about entertainment union/producer mandates.

Decided to post two videos at Rumble. Thought You Tube may not like the RFK Jr assoc . They were banned by Instagram. However, it seems his Children’s Health Defense has remained on You Tube.

Mary Holland – President, Legal Counsel for Children’s Health Defense. She supports medical freedom. Freedom of Choice. Opposes Vaccine Mandates and Passports.  She has testified to retain or expand vaccination exemptions in the California, West Virginia, Maine and Vermont legislatures and written several law review articles and blog posts on vaccine law and policy. She is the co-author and co-editor of the books “Vaccine Epidemic” and “HPV Vaccine on Trial: Seeking Justice for a Generation Betrayed. [https://rumble.com/vlrqlg-mary-holland-chd-spoke-at-nyc-unions-for-choice-protest.html]

Alix Mayer, California President of Children’s Health Defense. She supports medical freedom. Freedom of Choice. Opposes Vaccine Mandates and Passports and spoke in great detail re the Passports.[https://rumble.com/vlrr83-alix-mayer-pres.-ca.-childrens-health-def.-at-ny-unions-for-choice-protest.html]

More re (Alix Mayer) [https://childrenshealthdefense.org/about-us/board-directors/]alixmayer]

Dancer Heather Berman spoke passionately about what forced vaccines has meant for her and other performers – the entertainment unions and producer mandates –   [https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherberman]

“Throughout the pandemic, American political and public-health leaders have been following Rahm Emanuel’s classic dictum for power-seeking officials: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Now they’ve adopted a corollary: You never want a crisis to end.

It does NONE of the above.
Which is why Freedom of CHOICE is so imperative.

”Union leaders representing 350,000 city workers plan to file a legal action to stop Mayor de Blasio from implementing a vaccine mandate for Department of Education employees without their input. From Harry Nespoli, chair of the Municipal Labor Committee: his group is filing an unfair labor practices complaint over the new directive.” [https://nypost.com/2021/08/23/union-leaders-taking-de-blasios-doe-vaccine-mandate-to-court/]

For some leaving the union becomes a necessary CHOICE. (Updates on leaving the union)

“Leaving the union is actually simple and is merely a letter you will write and send to the NYC DOE and the UFT. We will have a template of a letter for you with all info on where to send it. You lose absolutely none of your benefits if you leave the union. You do not lose any medical benefits nor any of your welfare fund benefits (glasses, prescription drugs, etc…) You do lose representation from your union, you cannot attend union meetings and you will likely get a stank eye from your chapter leader in your school building. I know of at least 2 chapter leaders who are ready to leave the UFT.”

SEPTEMBER 13th WILL BE WAY BIGGER SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT PROTEST ANNOUNCEMENT [https://teachersforchoice.org/2021/08/26/all-of-new-york-city-was-there/]

[Pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

Protest Vaccine Passports at “Springsteen on Bdwy”

June 26, 2021. NYC. The “Bruce Springsteen On Broadway” concert drew dozens of protestors outside the theatre objecting to proof of vaccination from the audience.

Just say NO to Vaccine Passports!
Vaccine Passports  are authoritarian, illiberal and wrong. 

“A group of anti-vaccine protesters showed up to the opening night of Bruce Springsteen’s “Springsteen on Broadway” Saturday, holding signs against the theater policy that required show attendees to have proof of vaccination by a WHO– or FDA-approved vaccine.” (Newsweek)

“Protesters held signs including “no vax passports” and “Bruce Springsteen is for segregation on Broadway.” The small group also shouted slogans such as “stop segregation” as attendees arrived for the show.” [Newsweek]

Flickr Slide show of the protest

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.Part 1 video: As the protestors approached the theatre, they chanted “Vaccine Mandates Got To Go!” they squared off across 44th st, challenging the concert-goers in front of the St James.

“Those of us who have healthy immune systems should be able to enjoy these freedoms just like anybody else!”

“Between a pro-lockdown govt that ‘may’ temporarily lift some restrictions for a few weeks only to reimpose them in the autumn & a pro-lockdown ‘opposition’ that wouldn’t lift restrictions at all, even temporarily, we have a phoney war going on at present.”

Considering there was a glut of media outside, there were just a few published reports of the protest; not what I expected.

Just google “no vaccine passport protest Springsteen” to find links to articles, but most simply linked to Newsweek, making no mention of the counter- protest til I found “app.com”.

“Bruce Springsteen fans were not the only ones at the St. James Theatre on Saturday for the first performance of “Springsteen on Broadway” since the COVID-19 pandemic. About three dozen, vocal, anti-vaccine protesters were also outside the theater on Saturday evening. They voiced displeasure that the show is seating only fans who have been vaccinated from the novel coronavirus.” [app.com]

Unfortunately,the NY POST photo, taken outside the theatre, was labeled as only “FANS”?  No mention of the protestors.

The next picture shows more closely the protestors vs the audience stand-off. Plus, this was a loud No Vaccine Passports protest, so reporting them as only “Fans” seemed an odd omission.

Part 2 video  The exchanges were personal regarding the vaccine passport segregation, the discrimination, as they chanted, “My Body, My Choice”. The signs they carried, many were people who took the vaccine to “protect their grandmas” and ended up dying. “They believed in that vaccine and now they’re not here.

Part 3 video. A war of words as ‘instigators’ from the audience-side confronted the protestors by spilling into and blocking the street. “Shame on you” was now the protestor chant as the police sent everyone back to their own sides with  another protestor chant, “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Vaccine Mandate’s Got to Go.”

Part 4 video. The protestors continued challenging the people waiting to enter the St James theatre who were apparently regarding the photo posters they held. These  “… people who actually died from the vaccine … if you are laughing at them, then you’ve got to be really sick in the head. And I’d be ashamed to be standing next to you …”  THEN, a guy RAN passed us towards 8th avenue and the crowd went after him shouting “shame on you”. (Never found out why) But, the result was the protest was now closer to 8th avenue (in front of the Majestic Theatre) Two women were busy with “Try the Magnetic Challenge”. Offering  Free Jewelry to anyone who was magnetic (from the vaccine).

The black woman at the end of the video, unfortunately her accent was difficult to understand, but she was obviously upset. “You can’t enter a Broadway show … unless you’re vaccinated. And you guys think that’s okay? What country is this? I wanta know… is this Communist China? This is United States of America …. and now freedom is being taken away from America…”

”This sort of discrimination is ethically repugnant. What have the un vaccinated done to deserve to be placed in this sort of under-class … (because they) happen to have opted out of the Covid vaccination program?”

“The show was attended by all the beautiful vaccinated people. Gov. Murphy was there as were “Little” Steven Van Zandt and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, as reported by Theaterly, and a sold-out house of vaccinated fans according to the rules set by the theatre  …. and the Boss.” [NJ101.5]

What sucks is that I agree that the un vaccinated are the new target of segregation and prejudice. I don’t understand why those that got the COVID shots should care who else did if they’re protected from the virus. But in today’s world, it’s not about what they choose to do, it’s about making sure that you do it, too.” [NJ101.5]

Jujamcyn Theatres, the company that operates the St. James, stands by this decision, even after the protests.

One of the things we’ve learned this year is that the health of each of us depends on the actions of all of us,” Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn, tells TheWrap. “My health depends on you, and yours on me. That’s what it is to live in a community.” [The Wrap]

”If we look to other regions where indoor hospitality has been opened up a long, long time ago, we do not see higher spikes in hospitalizations in those regions, nor do they perform significantly worse than regions with indoor hospitality shut down. Sweden kept indoor hospitality open throughout the vast majority of the pandemic, yet experienced among the lowest age-adjusted excess mortality levels in Europe, lower than Netherlands, Northern Ireland, France, England, Austria, Spain, Belgium, and Italy, all countries with protracted lock downs.

Similarly, Florida opened up back in September 2020, while instituting protective measures for its care homes, and ended up with lower age-adjusted excess mortality than many lock down regions, such as California. Texas opened up completely in early March of this year and saw no spike in cases or deaths (in fact, they declined).

Since when have we decided that vaccination is a strict civic obligation, rather than an optional private choice? Since when have we decided that those who opt out of a vaccine should be treated differently to everyone else? Surely this is their moral and legal right.” [https://gript.ie/domestic-vaccine-passports-have-no-place-in-a-free-and-open-society/]

[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]