Unionized workers are treated like a special protected class, outside of societal demands the rest of us face. Teachers’ unions in particular have behaved throughout the pandemic as if the sacrifices required of the rest of us could not be required of them. While America’s workers largely went back to their posts, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten helped the Center for Disease Control craft a policy that would keep schools closed and her members at home. Students in urban areas with politicians most influenced by the unions were most likely to not attend in-person school for nearly all of 2020…

For those of us who don’t believe in forcing anyone to get the vaccine, the position of these unions is especially galling. “Negotiate with us,” their presidents argue. The implication is that something will be owed to the union members in return for doing something every American is being urged to do…

[T]he logistics of offering vaccines or conducting weekly tests is something most businesses across the country are grappling with right now. Why should unions be exempt from that discussion until their members are offered something for compliance?

If the unions believe forcing their members to get vaccinated is a violation of their individual rights, they should say so. But a power grab, and money grab, after so many have sacrificed so much is, at best, unseemly.