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theliontamer37 t1_jeeibde wrote

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

It all had to do with collective bargaining. It was not a part of the collective bargaining agreement between the city and the union, and they (the city) refused to sit back down at the negotiation table to amend the agreement to include the mandate.

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popnfrresh OP t1_jeehsum wrote

Reply to comment by Present-Evidence-560 in Trillium brewing by popnfrresh

You must really be young. In your 20s I'm guessing. Or a drunk.

Most of the time when a parent asks about a restaraunt with beer, it's not to get drunk. It's TO EAT THE FOOD AND HAVE A DRINK. Gonna say it again, since you seem like an idiot. THE POINT OF GOING OUT AT 5PM IS TO EAT FOOD AND HAVE A BEER WITH DINNER. Did you get that?

Is there a problem with negligent parents going to alcohol only establishments and leaving their kids in Boston?

How hard is it to understand it is OK to go eat at 5pm?

There is more too life then getting wasted.

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AwkwardSpread t1_jeehnkj wrote

Reply to comment by aray25 in Lyft to and from Logan question by DatBoi247

Last time I did that because of ride share app surge pricing I got a super dirty official taxi. Trunk had bags in it so pretty sure driver was living in the car. It was dirty, no room for your legs because of the plastic shield. Constant commercials being played on tv in front of your head. And i needed to give them directions because they had no idea where to go. Now I just accept the surcharge.

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sord_n_bored t1_jeehnak wrote

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

I mean, arguing against human vaccines, a universally good thing, is a hard needle to thread. There's not really any statement to be made against it unless the employer was requiring vaccines and not offering employees reasonable time and opportunity to attain them. There also isn't any reason to expect that a state entity would tell all librarians to go get the smallpox vaccine, one because smallpox now isn't like Covid-19 now, and two because most Boston librarians are, arguably, smart enough to already have been vaccinated.

The one (and only) actual argument to be made here is about if employers have the right to force employees to get medical procedures and under what circumstances. Right now it's fine, but if you actually wanted to make this argument you'd likely say that, it may be in the future there's a medical procedure where all USPS employees need to have mail canons installed on their arms to more efficiently deliver mail.

It's a stupid argument, and also the only one that half-makes sense.

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CraigInDaVille t1_jeehe4j wrote

Reply to Lyft to and from Logan question by DatBoi247

I usually rideshare TO Logan (as others have noted, the dropoff area isn't always consistent but the central drop off is only maybe 5-10 minutes away from any of the terminals except E) but take a cab FROM Logan. Rideshare drivers are notorious nowadays about canceling pickups at the last minute or forcing riders to initiate the cancel because they don't want to take you to your specific destination. I get why, the system screws us all, etc, but you don't have that fight with the cab stand.

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sord_n_bored t1_jeegsdh wrote

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

This is a W, but I wonder what the union's opposition was exactly, was it to avoid possible overreach in what the mayor can do, or was it because the unions, for some reason, didn't trust vaccines?

>A lawyer for Local 718, the Boston firefighters union, also said...

Ah, so it likely was conservative nonsense then...

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DocPsychosis t1_jeeg01d wrote

Reply to comment by jamesland7 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

I would assume there has to be some legitimate public safety concern, it's not a carte blanche. For instance I assume a city government couldn't compel, say, librarians to get smallpox or yellow fever vaccine given actual infectious disease risks in MA in 2023.

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