Former Houston Methodist employees will demand their jobs back after Abbott’s vaccine mandate ban

Houston Public Media ^ | 10/12/21 | Lucio Vasquez, Matt Harab

[Libloather]

More than 150 former Houston Methodist employees who parted ways with the hospital in June over a vaccine mandate policy will demand to be rehired after Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday banning any entity in the state from implementing such mandates, according to a lawyer representing the former employees.

Attorney Jared Woodfill, who currently represents almost 200 healthcare workers in multiple lawsuits against Methodist, said executive order GA-40 makes the hospital’s policy illegal.

“Governor Abbott says very clearly, ‘whereas countless Texans fear losing their livelihoods because they object to receiving a COVID-19 vaccination for reasons of personal conscience,'” he said. “That applies to every plaintiff that I represent, and every plaintiff that Methodist hospital thought it was appropriate to fire.”

Woodfill said he planned to send a formal request to the hospital on Tuesday in an attempt to reinstate the former employees.

**SNIP**

In a statement, Methodist CEO Marc Boom didn’t touch on whether or not the former employees would be allowed back, but said he was disappointed by Abbott’s order. He added that the order wouldn’t have an impact on Methodist since the hospital implemented its vaccine mandate months ago.

[nagant]

Simple. Anything that’s legal.

[Travis McGee]

Today? No to maybe.
In 2 years? Everybody pushing the Clot Shot might be hanged, with the survivors begging to be able to pay their billions to the folks who were damaged.