Hundreds Of Thousands To Go On Four-Day Nationwide Strike Over Vaccine Mandates
Authored by Enrico Trigoso via The Epoch Times,
A massive, nationwide strike against
vaccine mandates will take place from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11, according
to the main organizer for the walkout, Leigh Dundas, a human rights
attorney and public speaker.
he event will kick off in Los Angeles on Monday. The locations of the marches have not yet been disclosed.
The
walkouts involve people from various industries such as trucking and
telecom. Air and rail transport workers are not federally allowed to go
on strike due to a law passed in 1926 named the Railway Labor Act, but
some plan to protest anonymously.
“The Golden Gate Bridge Rally is going to be an epic and unprecedented moment in time. It
will mark—on Veterans’ Day evening—a 4-day Nationwide walkout, by rank
and file workers everywhere, from blue-collar to white-collar, black,
white, yellow, red, every faith, every creed, who are uniquely united
despite their differences on one common truth: that vaccine mandates
have no place in a truly free society,” Dundas told The Epoch Times.
“Every
group: anti-vaccine, BLM, gay, straight, Jewish, Muslim, Native
American, Asian, Latino, Christian, atheist—all groups—are coming
together for this one historic moment in time—to trumpet not just to our
own government, but indeed to the watching eyes of the world, that
vaccine mandates will no longer be tolerated. That in this country, WE
are the government, because our founding fathers knew this truth: a
truly free nation is a nation of the people, by the people, and for the
people. That we are the leaders we have been waiting for. And that today
marks the day that we retire vaccine mandates as a concept that cannot
live in a free society, and that we are, indeed, simply that: a free
society.”
Leigh Dundas (Photo provided by Nationwide Walkout to The Epoch Times)
The Epoch Times talked to some of these frustrated workers who will participate in the strike to see why they are doing it.
‘I Choose God’s Immunity’
Kristen Grace has been a Raytheon Systems Engineer for 18 years.
“I
will lose my livelihood on December 8, because I won’t allow an
experimental gene therapy to be injected into my bloodstream. I’ve
recovered from COVID, and I work from home, but the government has
claimed authority over my body and medical choices. I choose natural
(God’s) immunity over government,” Grace said.
Brandon Childs has
been serving for 7 years in the Air Force, 5 years in active duty and 2
years with the Arizona Air National Guard (ANG).
“I have stepped
away from being ANG full time due to the mandate and I was promised by
my civilian job that they would never require the vaccine.
“However
as an army contractor that changed within the last month. I’ve lost 3
family members in the last year one being my father a week ago. I’ve put
in RE’s [religious exemptions] at both and was told that the chances of
being accepted are extremely dismal and I will face what looks like a
general or dishonorable discharge (with a clean military record) from
one and termination for the other. Affecting the benefits I have worked
for and bled for the country I love.”
Another systems engineer
that has been working for Raytheon for 25 years told The Epoch Times:
“I’ve submitted a Notification of Religious Accommodation. If it’s not
approved, I’ll be fired on December 8th because I’m not going to violate
my beliefs or surrender my Constitutional rights for a job. Honestly,
this is the most stressful year of my professional life. I’ve lost many
nights of sleep. Even if approved I’ll likely continue to look for a new
job.
“I feel betrayed by a company I’ve given my best years. They
could have stood up for us but they put profits and the ‘woke’ agenda
first. I’m surrounded by fully vaccinated people with new and mysterious
health issues, many have gotten COVID, but I’m treated like someone
unclean, less than. Science, logic, and common sense have been tossed in
the COVID dumpster fire. While I love my country, I’m ashamed of my
company and my government. The only good news is that even the fully
vaccinated now realize the promise of normality was all a lie. Now they
are once again masked and being told boosters will be mandatory. And
they are now rising up too,” the engineer said.
Health Information Privacy
Christopher
Burns, an attorney that works in Portsmouth New Hampshire, said: “For
the first time in the history of the country the president and an entire
political party seem to think it’s constitutionally appropriate to
dictate to a private employer how to treat its private employees by
requiring the employer to demand privately protected health information
from the employee.”
Jet, a Honeywell employee, feels disappointed
and is depressed about his company mandating the vaccine, which he is
determined not to take due to his religious beliefs.
“I have so
many feelings about this situation that it has gotten me into a state of
depression. Never in a million years [had] I imagined that something
like this would happen in the United States. This is what tyranny looks
like and it’s not going to stop here. Equally disappointing is to see
that Honeywell, along with the rest of major U.S. corporations have
decided to go along and enable tyranny. I’m not getting the vaccine. I
have applied for a religious exemption. If not granted, so be it.
Because of this mandate, we’re now going to be treated as second-class
citizens. In case people have forgotten, this is the definition of
tyranny: cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others.”
A
consultant for Thomson Reuters who does not even work physically at the
company is bewildered at why he should take the vaccine.
“I have
been working [for Reuters for] 13 years and at least 3 consultants are
100 percent remote, 2,000 miles away from the office! They say because
the company has government contracts that means I have to abide by the
mandate too.
“How am I endangering anybody from my home?” the consultant asked.
John Knox is part of the LA Firefighters for Freedom.
“We
are fighting against these unconstitutional mandates because anything
that is repugnant to the constitution is illegal. These mandates clearly
step outside the constitutional parameters. As firefighters and first
responders we need to take a stand and we need to let the rest of
America know we will fight and they can join us,” Knox said.
‘It Is Against Our Rights as Americans’
A Maine 3rd Grade School teacher thinks the COVID vaccines should not be mandated.
“People
have the right to make the choices that work best for their families
and for themselves. I feel it is against our rights as Americans. Why
are we dying on this sword?” the teacher asked.
Amtrak’s vaccine mandate deadline is also on Dec 8, an employee told The Epoch Times about her situation under the condition of anonymity.
“Employees
with religious exemptions are either 1. Denied with no explanation, or
2. ‘Approved’ for unpaid ‘personal leave,’ and not allowed to seek other
work while on involuntary ‘personal leave.’ This ‘accommodation’ is
exceptionally harsh and retaliatory, considering that medical exemption
employees are permitted to continue work with weekly testing, including
full customer contact workers such as conductors,” she said.
“Any
employee not in compliance with the vax mandate will be charged with
insubordination and terminated, per Amtrak repeated internal
announcements.”
Eric Mallow, a railroader, said: “The longer we
comply with their tyranny, the worse this will get! We were absolutely
essential last year and now we are completely expendable. Standing up
for the rights of Americans far outweighs the difficulty of leaving a
company that sees me as an insignificant number.”
A secretary from Arizona told The Epoch Times that the mandates are a “total violation” of her freedom.
“Where
does this end? If they can force vaccines in our bodies and violate
our will that way, where is the line drawn? We need to fight back and
not allow this,” the secretary said.
The Epoch Times reached out to Amtrak and Raytheon for comment.
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