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Montana becomes the first U.S. state to ban jab requirements for employees


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2021 Aug 24, 10:29pm   404 views  5 comments

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https://fortune.com/2021/08/20/montana-first-us-state-to-ban-covid-vaccine-requirements-employees/


BY IRIS SAMUELS AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 20, 2021 10:11 AM PDT

While many large companies across the U.S. have announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be required for their employees to return to work in-person, there is one state where such requirements are banned: Montana.

Under a new law passed by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature earlier this year, requiring vaccines as a condition for employment is deemed “discrimination” and a violation of the state’s human rights laws.

Montana is the only state in the U.S. with a law like this for private employers, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. ...

GOP lawmakers who supported the bill in the state Legislature said it was needed in response to employers “coercing” employees to get vaccinations under threat of termination. Some of the loudest supporters of the bill were employees of Benefis Health System in Great Falls who were told earlier this year that COVID-19 vaccines would be necessary to keep their jobs.

Benefis was forced to backtrack on that plan when the law was signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte in May.

Gianforte, a former business executive who founded and ran a technology company, gave the bill the green light after changing it to allow health care facilities to require unvaccinated workers and those who refuse to disclose their vaccination status to wear masks and take other precautions.

He stood behind the law this week amid heightened scrutiny.

“While the governor continues to encourage Montanans to receive safe and effective vaccines, doing so is voluntary and no individual should face discrimination based on vaccination status,” Brooke Stroyke, a spokesperson for Gianforte, said in an email. ...

Across the U.S., 60% of those eligible are vaccinated against the COVID-19. In Montana, that number is 49%. ...


And of course the article has a lot of bullshit from the jab mongering scum at Fortune, but at least they did us the service of knowing one safe state to move to.

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1   WookieMan   2021 Aug 25, 4:05am  

Vast majority of the population now is outside hipsters. The long time natives still have a grip on most of government there for now. Montana will go blue, fully, in the next decade.

It’s basically two college towns (Bozeman & Missoula), Big Sky and Livingston. And then Helena with the state political class. Depending how long Covid hysteria lasts, this decision will flip.

I’m out there every year at least once. The place is changing dramatically. The Bozeman/Belgrade area is building homes like it was 2005. The types buying that stuff are gonna want vaccines for everyone.
2   GreaterNYCDude   2021 Aug 25, 7:28am  

WookieMan says
The Bozeman/Belgrade area is building homes like it was 2005. The types buying that stuff are gonna want vaccines for everyone.


Don't know why but I though of this....
3   WookieMan   2021 Aug 25, 8:16am  

GreaterNYCDude says
WookieMan says
The Bozeman/Belgrade area is building homes like it was 2005. The types buying that stuff are gonna want vaccines for everyone.


Don't know why but I though of this....

It's coming to MT even though they don't allow mandates now. One of the limited people I know that got vaccinated is an IL transplant to MT. Tons of Midwesterners and West Coasters are flooding into the state. As an increase in percentage of population I think Montana is or will be more popular than TX or CO. Idaho is next and may even be higher in demand at some point.

Winter in MT is not nearly as bad as I think people believe. I went in 2019 during a record setting winter for snowfall winter. It sucked, but if you're into winter sports it's not a big deal. The temps are really not that bad in the valleys. I over dressed layer wise snowboarding and was sweating my ass off before hitting the first lift at Big Sky.
4   Patrick   2021 Aug 25, 11:45pm  

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/25/texas-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-ban-greg-abbott/?utm_campaign=patrick.net&utm_content=1629922001&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_source=patrick.net


Abbott’s latest order is simple, saying “no governmental entity can compel any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.” The order preserves exceptions for places like nursing homes and state-supported living centers.


He needs to ban all employer mandates.
5   Patrick   2022 Jun 28, 10:56am  

https://www.rebelnews.com/christian_bakers_who_shut_down_business_after_refusing_to_bake_a_lesbian_wedding_cake_set_to_reopen


Christian bakers who shut down business after refusing to bake a lesbian wedding cake set to reopen
Melissa and Aaron Klein were forced to shut down Sweet Cakes in Oregon and pay $135,000 in legal penalties are now raising funds to start a new business in Montana.


Montana is definitely a freer place than Oregon.

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