{"id":1076239,"date":"2021-12-02T10:44:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076239"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:44:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:44:34","slug":"lori-lightfoot-drops-lawsuit-against-police-union-says-more-cops-obeying-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-drops-lawsuit-against-police-union-says-more-cops-obeying-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori Lightfoot Drops Lawsuit Against Police Union, Says More Cops Obeying Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flori-lightfoot-drops-lawsuit-against-police-union-says-more-cops-obeying-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who has been conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/lori-lightfoot-accuses-fraternal-order-of-police-leader-of-trying-to-induce-an-insurrection-over-vaccine-mandate\/\">war of words<\/a> with members of the largest local police union for some time and had filed a lawsuit against the union in October over her vaccine mandate, dropped the lawsuit after a judge had suspended her December 31 deadline for officers to report their vaccination status by October 15 or be put on \u201cno-pay status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On October 15, Lightfoot released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2021\/october\/StatementLightfoot.html\">statement<\/a> announcing the lawsuit:<\/p>\n<p><em>Yesterday, at my direction the City of Chicago\u2019s law department filed a Complaint for Injunctive Relief against the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 and its President John Catanzara for engaging in, supporting, and encouraging a work stoppage or strike. &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As Chicago\u2019s Mayor, I cannot and will not stand idly by while the rhetoric of conspiracy theorists threatens the health and safety of Chicago\u2019s residents and first responders. President Catanzara has time and again deliberately misled our police officers by lying about the requirements of the policy and falsely claiming that there will be no repercussions if officers are insubordinate and refuse to follow a City and Department directive or order. Notably Catanzara has urged officers to reject the City\u2019s vaccine policy and has repeatedly instructed police officers to refuse to comply with the City\u2019s lawful directive which requires all City employees to report their COVID 19 vaccination status by October 15. By doing so, and by predicting that 50% or more officers will violate their oaths and not report for duty, Catanzara is encouraging an unlawful strike and work stoppage which carries the potential to undermine public safety and expose our residents to irreparable harm, particularly during an ongoing pandemic.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This action is brought pursuant to the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and Illinois common law which prohibits sworn officers from engaging in a strike. Additionally, the City and the FOP are parties to a collective bargaining agreement that establishes the terms and conditions of employment including Article 5 which includes a No Strike Commitment.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The judge blocked Chicago \u201cfrom firing members of the police union who don\u2019t meet the December 31 vaccination deadline until the union\u2019s arguments are heard by an arbitrator,\u201d ABC 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/covid-vaccine-chicago-mandate-police-illinois\/11187933\/\">reported<\/a> on November 1.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Lightfoot claimed that she dropped the lawsuit because more officers had complied with her mandate, saying, \u201cThe past few weeks have shown what I have said from the beginning to be true: that our brave police officers are smarter than their FOP leadership, and care more about their city, their fellow Chicagoans, and upholding their sworn oath to protect and serve, than they do Catanzara\u2019s frivolous demands to stop working,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/chicago-drops-lawsuit-police-union-vaccine-mandate-lori-lightfoot-1655274\">Newsweek<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>She also warned she would go back to court if the union or Catanzara \u201ctake any further action toward encouraging an illegal work stoppage or strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far this year, the city has seen 739 murders, a 3 percent increase from last year\u2019s already elevated figure and a 60 percent jump from 2019. Shootings are up 9 percent and 66 percent from 2020 and 2019 respectively,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10266269\/Chicago-DROPS-vaccine-mandate-lawsuit-against-police-union.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> pointed out.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who has been conducting a war of words with members of the largest local police union for some time and had filed a lawsuit against the union in October over her vaccine mandate, dropped the lawsuit after a judge had suspended her December 31 deadline for officers to report their vaccination status by October 15 or be put on \u201cno-pay status.\u201dOn October 15, Lightfoot released a statement announcing the lawsuit:Yesterday, at my direction the City of Chicago\u2019s law department filed a Complaint for Injunctive Relief against the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 and its President John Catanzara for engaging in, supporting, and encouraging a work stoppage or strike. \u00a0As Chicago\u2019s Mayor, I cannot and will not stand idly by while the rhetoric of conspiracy theorists threatens the health and safety of Chicago\u2019s residents and first responders. President Catanzara has time and again deliberately misled our police officers by lying about the requirements of the policy and falsely claiming that there will be no repercussions if officers are insubordinate and refuse to follow a City and Department directive or order. Notably Catanzara has urged officers to reject the City\u2019s vaccine policy and has repeatedly instructed police officers to refuse to comply with the City\u2019s lawful directive which requires all City employees to report their COVID 19 vaccination status by October 15. By doing so, and by predicting that 50% or more officers will violate their oaths and not report for duty, Catanzara is encouraging an unlawful strike and work stoppage which carries the potential to undermine public safety and expose our residents to irreparable harm, particularly during an ongoing pandemic.\u00a0This action is brought pursuant to the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and Illinois common law which prohibits sworn officers from engaging in a strike. Additionally, the City and the FOP are parties to a collective bargaining agreement that establishes the terms and conditions of employment including Article 5 which includes a No Strike Commitment.\u00a0The judge blocked Chicago \u201cfrom firing members of the police union who don\u2019t meet the December 31 vaccination deadline until the union\u2019s arguments are heard by an arbitrator,\u201d ABC 7 reported on November 1.On Wednesday, Lightfoot claimed that she dropped the lawsuit because more officers had complied with her mandate, saying, \u201cThe past few weeks have shown what I have said from the beginning to be true: that our brave police officers are smarter than their FOP leadership, and care more about their city, their fellow Chicagoans, and upholding their sworn oath to protect and serve, than they do Catanzara\u2019s frivolous demands to stop working,\u201d as Newsweek noted.She also warned she would go back to court if the union or Catanzara \u201ctake any further action toward encouraging an illegal work stoppage or strike.\u201d\u201cSo far this year, the city has seen 739 murders, a 3 percent increase from last year\u2019s already elevated figure and a 60 percent jump from 2019. Shootings are up 9 percent and 66 percent from 2020 and 2019 respectively,\u201d The Daily Mail pointed out.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}