Courts vaccine mandate appeal decision issued

Our union today received the Appellate Division’s decision denying our appeal over the State Supreme Court Judge's decision to lift the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), that we initially won to prevent the Unified Court System from implementing their unilateral vaccine mandate. We had filed our initial Improper Practice (IP) Charge and sought the TRO in order to protect the bargaining rights of all Courts workers, and to require UCS administration to negotiate the implementation of the mandate. We fought to ensure that unilateral changes in terms and conditions of employment are negotiated with CSEA, as we believe the Taylor Law requires. Apparently, UCS Administration does not understand that they must abide by the Taylor Law and our collective bargaining agreements. This will likely set the court precedent for any other challenges to vaccine mandates being unilaterally implemented without negotiations.

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