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Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration have no plans to make COVID-19 vaccinations an employment requirement for California prison guards, the governor said during a press conference today.
Newsom indicated that he doesnât plan on getting ahead of the powerful California prison guards union by mandating vaccinations â saying instead heâs relying on the union to convince more officers to become vaccinated.
âWe have no further announcement to make as it relates to whether or not weâre going to mandate those vaccines,â Newsom said when asked whether his administration would require guards to be vaccinated as a condition of employment. Â
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Although most state prison workers are refusing vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom says he won’t make them mandatory.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration have no plans to make COVID-19 vaccinations an employment requirement for California prison guards, the governor said during a press conference about his newly revised budget proposal.
Newsom indicated that he doesn’t plan on getting ahead of the powerful California prison guards union by mandating vaccinations saying instead he’s relying on the union to convince more officers to become vaccinated.
“We have no further announcement to make as it relates to whether or not we’re going to mandate those vaccines,” Newsom said when asked whether his administration would require guards to be vaccinated as a condition of employment.