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Vaccine Mandate Removal
Your Feedback is Critical
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Governor Inslee has ended the COVID -19 vaccination mandate for state employees that was ordered by proclamation on August 9, 2021. The mandate required all state agency employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 18, 2021.
The Governor is rescinding the vaccine mandate based on current health guidance. While vaccination continues to be the best defense against serious illness and death from COVID-19, the pandemic is not what it was three years ago. That is in large part due to our members’ work. COVID-19 arrived in Washington state in 2020 and WFSE members met it head on, achieving among the lowest death rates in the nation.
As we did before the vaccine mandate went into effect, our union will file a demand to bargain over the rescission of the mandate and will negotiate the impacts on our members.
Feedback from members is critical.
Please share your thoughts and/or concerns and whether you believe you will need a reasonable accommodation.
