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THE BIG DEAL Major businesses hit new bumps with vaccine rules: Major companies are shedding their mask requirements for fully vaccinated employees, but with no clear policies on how to determine if a worker has received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Business groups have voiced support for vaccination requirements as a term of employment, despite the legal pitfalls that come with enforcement.
Companies now face the challenge of setting rules for workplace settings that may include vaccinated and unvaccinated employers working side by side.
Businesses that decide to enforce mask mandates for unvaccinated workers have some rights, experts say, but some might decide it’s not worth a confrontation.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) questions Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on ‘Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy,’ in Washington, DC, July 10, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Erin Scott.
i24 News – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a group of progressive lawmakers in the US House of Representatives to introduce a resolution to block a $735 million arms sale to Israel on Wednesday.
She was joined by Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan and Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who is of Palestinian background.
“The United States should not be rubber-stamping weapons sales to the Israeli government as they deploy our resources to target international media outlets, schools, hospitals, humanitarian missions, and civilian sites for bombing. We have a responsibility to protect human rights,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted
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