{"id":716755,"date":"2021-09-04T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=716755"},"modified":"2021-09-04T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T15:36:11","slug":"l-a-teachers-union-drops-demand-that-all-students-get-covid-19-vax-but-still-supports-vax-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-teachers-union-drops-demand-that-all-students-get-covid-19-vax-but-still-supports-vax-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Teachers Union Drops Demand That All Students Get COVID-19 Vax, But Still Supports Vax 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\">32<\/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%2Fl-a-teachers-union-drops-demand-that-all-students-get-covid-19-vax-but-still-supports-vax-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=716755&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/LAUSD-student-vax.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Los Angeles teachers union has backed off its demand for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all eligible students enrolled in the nation\u2019s second-largest school district.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-09-03\/l-a-teachers-union-drops-demand-for-student-vaccine-mandate-but-want-strict-quarantines\">According<\/a> to The Los Angeles Times, however, \u201cThe move appears to be more about bargaining strategy rather than a lack of support for the move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-08-30\/la-teachers-union-calls-for-student-covid-vaccine-mandate\">previously obtained<\/a> a document dated August 26 that had been submitted at the bargaining table by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). The union had requested that students who had not been granted religious or medical exemptions \u201cachieve full vaccination no later than 12 weeks following the birthday in which they become eligible\u201d for the shots. But the latest contract proposal dated September 2 indicates \u201cthe union is no longer insisting on a mandate as part of an enforceable agreement with the district,\u201d The Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to support a vaccine requirement for all eligible students to keep our schools safer and to help protect the most vulnerable among us, including children too young to be vaccinated,\u201d said UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz, per the Times.<\/p>\n<p>UTLA represents more than 33,000 educators, counselors, and librarians working in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), which serves more than 600,000 K-12 students at over 1,000 schools.<\/p>\n<p>The Times provided more details:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>District officials had crossed out the student-mandate demand in their own counter. In interviews with The Times, they said that a student vaccine mandate was simply not an appropriate topic for bargaining and would be considered separately as a matter of policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LAUSD implemented strict coronavirus protocols in preparation for returning to in-person instruction on August 16. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-public-schools-to-require-weekly-covid-tests-regardless-of-vaccination-status\">previously reported<\/a>, Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly informed parents of a new policy in July requiring every student, teacher, and staff member returning to campus take part in weekly COVID-19 testing, regardless of vaccination status. The district has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-08-13\/lausd-orders-teachers-get-covid-19-vaccine\">ordered<\/a> all employees to be fully vaccinated by October 15. In addition, indoor and outdoor mask mandates are in place on campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of LAUSD students who tested positive or were possibly exposed to the virus have remained isolated at home in quarantine since the new school year began. The increase in infections has been primarily attributed to the Delta variant.<\/p>\n<p>UTLA\u2019s latest proposal also waters down its previous calls for more stringent quarantine rules.<\/p>\n<p>LAist <a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/education\/la-teachers-union-seems-poised-to-agree-to-live-streamed-lessons-for-all-quarantined-students\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p><em>UTLA also backed off its demand that a single coronavirus case would trigger the automatic quarantine of entire elementary classrooms, regardless of how many students or staff were exposed. Currently, only \u201cclose contacts\u201d \u2014 students or staff who\u2019ve spent more than 15 minutes within six feet of a positive case \u2014 must quarantine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But the union has added a new demand: LAUSD recently revised its policy to allow staff and students who may have been exposed to skip quarantines if they\u2019re vaccinated. That move aligned LAUSD with the L.A. County Department of Public Health\u2019s latest guidance to K-12 schools.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The union disagrees and is demanding all close contacts quarantine, regardless of their vaccination status.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/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>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles teachers union has backed off its demand for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all eligible students enrolled in the nation\u2019s second-largest school district.According to The Los Angeles Times, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716755","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\/716755","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716755\/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=716755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}