Nearly 1,900 Washington State Employees Quit or Were Fired Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate. The Democrats are going psycho because people are not following their orders. We hope all of these people find good jobs in a red state.
The department (DOT) lost 402 workers over the mandate, or nearly 6 percent of the workforce. That included 358 firings, about a third of which were for ferries, and retirements in lieu of vaccination.
The Washington State Patrol also lost nearly 6 percent of its personnel over the mandate.
Another approximately 350 workers, or 4.5 percent of the workforce, were fired by the Washington State Department of Corrections as of Oct. 19.
The state’s Department of Social and Health Services let go or are letting go about 313 workers, or 2 percent of the workforce, with another 2 percent having an accommodation request pending.
The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife terminated 38 workers on Monday due to a refusal to get vaccinated. Another 61 staff are on leave either waiting for their vaccinations to become effective or waiting to see if accommodation requests will be approved.
