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Less than a week after announcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for more than 14,000 city employees, Phoenix is backpedaling. When City Manager Jeff Barton issued the mandate last week, the thinking went like this: Phoenix is a federal contractor because it works closely with the federal government and so, the city will follow the federal mandate requiring all federal
The Phoenix City Council will hold a public hearing on Dec. 7, 2021, regarding its vaccine mandate, which will require the city's 14,000 employees, including police officers and firefighters, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 18, 2022, or risk losing their jobs.
PLEA and the United Phoenix Firefighters Association are now part of a lawsuit aimed at stopping a Biden Administration vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
Phoenix public safety unions say it's an individual decision whether to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as they push back against the federal mandate.
At least two Phoenix City Council members describe the police department’s staffing levels as “a crisis.” Fewer officers are patrolling city streets while calls for service and response times have increased.