ACTION ALERT! Call SD State Chamber of Commerce Board Members
Letter issued to members demands a public response
Last weekend, we reported on the response of Senator Lee Schoenbeck likening threatened workers to children begging for candy at a parade. Recently, another stunning email was discovered by Mandate Free SD. The following was sent out by the South Dakota State Chamber of Commerce, presumably by David Owen, president and chief lobbyist:
South Dakota Chamber Members:
The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough enough to survive as a health and medical issue.As a political issue, it has caused its own epidemic of nausea. (emphasis added)
There are several legislators who propose using the upcoming special sessions of the Legislature to pass bills that would prohibit businesses from requiring COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment.
We need to hear from Chamber members about what you plan to do with any vaccination mandates and what you think about the government setting the rules you can follow with your employees.
Please respond to the four question survey - https:/www.surveymonkey.com/r/VQRRN3Z, sending your thoughts as soon as possible.
Thank you for your support of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry and your willingness to help us be an advocate on this issue.
The writer’s callousness and disrespect demands a strong response from the public and from business owners who find the characterization of this issue reprehensible. The SD State Chamber of Commerce is leading South Dakota in the wrong direction when we are already lagging behind other states in our legislative efforts to protect our unalienable rights.
ACTION ALERT! Today, please call the SD State Chamber of Commerce board members and ask to talk with them personally or leave a message. We recommend something like this, “I understand [name], your company is on the board of the South Dakota State Chamber of Commerce. The State Chamber has described worker protections from Covid injections as “nauseating.” Will your company support firing workers who have medical or religious objections?”
Post a link to this alert to your social media. Ask others to make phone calls and please share this post. The board members need to be flooded with calls.
Do you know other Chamber members in your community? Call them and alert them to this egregious email. Are they supporting the mandates? Maybe each community in SD needs to start a “wall of shame” of businesses who support mandates.
Have you made plans to attend the MANDATE FREE RALLY at the Capitol on November 8 & 9? Let’s send our legislators and Governor Noem a clear message that we will not be bullied, compelled and coerced by big business. Was the Constitution written to protect businesses? Do businesses have more rights that individuals?