State appeals court pauses vaccination mandate for Boston city workforce
January 28, 2022 | Massachusetts
A judge with the Massachusetts Appeals Court has temporarily paused Boston’s vaccination mandate for city workers represented by three public safety unions that was set to go into effect Monday.
In a Thursday order, the judge issued a temporary stay, pending review of a judicial decision made earlier this month that denied a request from three unions for a preliminary injunction.
That order is the latest turn in a clash that has pitted Mayor Michelle Wu’s new administration against municipal unions over her attempt to require the city’s 18,000-plus workers be vaccinated in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 and protect the public…. (Excerpts from the Boston Globe)
