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Nearly 1,500 NYC municipal workers fired for not being vaccinated against COVID
ABC News ^ | February 15, 2022 | John Bacon and Celina Tebor

Posted on 02/15/2022 9:38:37 AM PST by jkid2

Nearly 1,500 New York City municipal workers have been fired over their refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

That number represents less than 1% of the city's workforce, but it appears to be the country's largest workforce reduction linked to COVID vaccines.

Under a mandate set by former Mayor Bill de Blasio, city employees on leave without pay and those who were newly hired had been told they had until Friday, Feb. 11., to show proof of vaccination or they would face termination.

The workers on leave had to submit proof of their first dose and would then have 45 days to receive a second dose. The new workers had submitted proof of an initial dose when they were hired and were required to show they'd completed their vaccine series.

The 1,428 employees who were on unpaid leave for more than three months lost their jobs.

Data provided by City Hall Monday shows the majority of employees who were fired worked in the Department of Education, which saw 914 people let go. The Housing Authority terminated 101 workers.

Also fired were 36 New York Police Department workers and 25 FDNY employees.

Meanwhile, 939 employees on unpaid leave -- about 40% of the group -- opted to get vaccinated and keep their jobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: covid19; mandate; newyork; nyc
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Adams has Fired 1430+ workers today. This number also doesn't include all the resignation that happened because of the deadline. Thousands more are working pending a religious exemption appeal. The city has denied almost all of them so far. My department (FDNY) has denied all exemptions. So in a matter of weeks I will be Terminated as well.

This city is what Democrats want from the rest of the country and sadly the majority of people here are content with this decision by Mayor Adams aka: The Biden of Brooklyn

1 posted on 02/15/2022 9:38:37 AM PST by jkid2
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“Nearly 1,500 NYC municipal workers fired for not being vaccinated against COVID”

Of those, nearly 1,500 voted for this.


2 posted on 02/15/2022 9:40:19 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: jkid2

More Stimulus for the unemployed!


3 posted on 02/15/2022 9:41:04 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: jkid2

The absurdity of a forced vaxx, which never worked that well with the original form of the virus and works especially poorly with Omicron; when the virus has now mutated to the point of being a head cold.


4 posted on 02/15/2022 9:41:59 AM PST by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Since not taking the jab is considered a voluntary act of separation, they are not eligible for unemployment.


5 posted on 02/15/2022 9:42:41 AM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: Flick Lives

Even the jabbed truckers stand up for those who will lose their job without the shot.
Unity? Bah!


6 posted on 02/15/2022 9:43:55 AM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: jkid2

Hopefully you’ll find employment soon.
You’ll still have your principles, which many don’t value enough.


7 posted on 02/15/2022 9:45:58 AM PST by EEGator
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To: griswold3

They may be able to appeal as their exemptions were denied arbitrarily.


8 posted on 02/15/2022 9:47:27 AM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: jkid2

They don’t care - they want the destruction of society.

That’s all this is.


9 posted on 02/15/2022 9:47:43 AM PST by Skywise
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To: jkid2

Plenty of Florida and Texas agencies are looking. And you get out of the liberal den you are in for a lower cost of living.


10 posted on 02/15/2022 9:48:39 AM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: jkid2

This is not about a disease. It’s forcing the folks to bow down to the awesome power of The Government. “Little O” is a bad cold. Delta is gone. “Little O” and “baby sister little O” remain, and they aren’t doing much damage. In fact, they leave behind immunity to covid. So the nightmare is almost over.

But the folks still are not prostrating themselves in front of Big Government, promising life-long obedience and subjugation. No. In fact, some dared to defy their Masters by not getting jabbed, or driving and parking big trucks. They will have to be put down. Setting up true, actual gulags wouldn’t work. So they set up virtual gulags and fire you, prevent you from entering public buildings and getting medical treatment. Just north of here they seize control of your bank accounts, professional licenses, driving licenses.

Do you think our government and trudeau will become nice, kind, law-abiding leaders who respect your rights? NOT going to happen. They will remain the fascists that they are, ready to deploy their fascism at the slightest provocation.


11 posted on 02/15/2022 9:49:56 AM PST by I want the USA back (Government is to be feared much more than the chicom virus.)
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To: jkid2

New mayor...same as old mayor.


12 posted on 02/15/2022 9:50:01 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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New York City mayor Eric Adams is affecting layoffs due to budget cuts but circumvented the laws in place.

The city is not going to be able to fill a lot of positions going forward without paying serious money. The "work now, pension later" model is dead in New York City government employment.

These employees also found out they never actually belonged to a union. A union would have gone out on a general strike when the very first mandate came out.

Expect "slip and fall" claims from those on the city payroll, including those who got the Jim Jones Jab. Who would ever trust the City of New York as an employer again?

13 posted on 02/15/2022 9:51:37 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: jkid2

and so the Purge begins


14 posted on 02/15/2022 9:52:05 AM PST by BereanBrain
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RE: Nearly 1,500 New York City municipal workers have been fired over their refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The last report I read was over 4,000 workers. What happened to the other 2,500? Did they buckle and take the shot?


15 posted on 02/15/2022 9:54:42 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: I want the USA back

Good take.


16 posted on 02/15/2022 9:56:01 AM PST by Luke21
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To: jkid2

The 1,428 employees who were on unpaid leave for more than three months lost their jobs.

Doesn’t look like they had a job any damn way.


17 posted on 02/15/2022 10:03:01 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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Data provided by City Hall Monday shows the majority of employees who were fired worked in the Department of Education, which saw 914 people let go.

Who is going to notice? Now, if they were garbage collectors, they could shut down the city in a matter of days.

18 posted on 02/15/2022 10:03:55 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: jkid2
Maybe it’s a blessing, like a gift from above.

There goes another or maybe your last reason/excuse not to get the hell outta the hell that place has become.

If you do leave? Do NOT bring any of that nasty chit with you wherever you go.

Decontaminate thyself first against that mental malware and then don’t look back.

Quarantine the sick where you left them and hope for the best, because that wasting disease is a viscous, ruthless destroyer of all things when and wherever it takes over.

Either vote it out and clean up the mess or leave, that’s all you can do … which is why people are leaving now.

Is it your turn?

19 posted on 02/15/2022 10:12:46 AM PST by GBA (Endeavor to persevere)
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Whatever the left wants in my body so bad that they will go to such extreme measures to force it, I don’t.


20 posted on 02/15/2022 10:13:52 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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