Six Former BART Employees Win $7.8 Million Ruling After Getting Fired for Refusing to Get Vaccinated

Six Former BART Employees Win $7.8 Million Ruling After Getting Fired for Refusing to Get Vaccinated

A half-dozen holdout BART employees who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and lost their jobs because of it, just won a $7.8 million in federal court on the claim that BART did not honor their religious exemptions.We mentioned earlier this week that six BART employees who were fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine sued the transit agency in federal court claiming that BART refused to honor their religious exemptions. BART, of course,…

Fired BART Employees Awarded Over $1M Each in COVID Vaccine Lawsuit

Six former San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) employees received over $1 million each after filing a discrimination lawsuit against the organization for wrongful termination after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccines.

Fired BART Workers Win Big $7.8 Million Payout Over Vaccine Mandate

A federal jury has ruled in favor of six former BART employees who sued the Bay Area Transit Agency after losing their jobs over its 2021 Covid-19 vaccine mandate. As reported by ABC7 News , the former employees, who were denied religious exemptions and subsequently fired, will each receive over $1 million – totaling a $7.8 million payout from BART. The transit system is currently grappling with a $350 to $400 million deficit. BART was said to h…

Fired BART employees win lawsuit over vaccine mandate

A federal jury has ruled in favor of six fired Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers who sued the agency for losing their jobs over a COVID vaccine mandate. Each of the six workers is set to receive more than $1 million in compensation following the lawsuit. Driving the news: The employees had claimed religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate, asserting they were not accommodated by the transit agency and subsequently terminated. Although BAR…