SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Denying someone their job because of their vaccination status is discrimination, according to State Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) and the “Freedom Act” that he is pushing for would outlaw this practice.
Niemerg would like for lawmakers to approve the bill when they return in January.
"We need every single patriot in Illinois to make phone calls to their leglislators to help me get this legislation passed," he said.
When asked if people should have the peace of mind to go to work with the assurance everyone around them is vaccinated, Niemerg responded by saying “Well, shouldn’t everybody that has the right to go to work understand that they are not going to be discriminated upon as a condition of employment?”
He said many nurses have reached out to him over the past two months and told him that they've had COVID-19 and most of them have developed antibodies and that that don't mind getting tested. However, they are being told by their employer that they have to get vaccinated by a particular date or face termination.
“This (law) says that they could have that ability to say 'no' to their employer against this discriminatory action," Niemerg added.
He said this kind of bill doesn’t usually go far in Springfield, but he is counting on Illinois citizens to pressure supermajority Democrats.
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