In their recent article in Missouri Medicine, Trecia Moore and Mary-Ann Czak discuss the NLRA’s protection of private sector employees’ rights to join unions and note the decline in union membership since the 1950s. Despite this decline, there is a resurgence in union activity and public approval, especially among physicians, driven by changes in
1. I have a unionized workforce. Do I need to bargain before mandating that my employees are Covid vaccinated before reporting to work?
With the CDC largely ending mask requirements for those who are Covid vaccinated, many employers will look anew at whether they will require vaccinations for their employees to participate in the workplace. While this whole topic raises a myriad of questions related to vaccine certificates, maintenance of medical records, and exceptions that might apply to employees because of religious or health accommodations, an entirely separate question comes up as to whether employers may mandate their union workforce to be vaccinated in order to work.