New York Hospitals Face Possible Mass Firings as Workers Spurn Vaccines

**T. A. Gardner** · 09-25-2021, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by reagansghost

so employees should be able to dictate their own terms of employment?

if they don't want to obey an established policy, they can go fuck themselves

their choice

Employees shouldn't be subject to the whims of their employer to change the terms of their employment at will. The policy isn't "established," but rather something dictated by the state out-of-the-blue. It's no different than an employer saying "Oh, by the way you get to work twelve hour shifts with no overtime pay or you're fired..."

**Hawkeye10** · 09-25-2021, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner

It isn't just New York healthcare workers, but nationwide. Many healthcare workers are refusing to get vaccinated. You'd think they would "follow the science" and know what's best for themselves in this, or maybe they do...

In fact, depending on the source, nationwide, somewhere between 15 and 25% of healthcare workers are refusing to get vaccinated.

The sense of betrayal by leadership, both political and medical...is profound.

The constant lying and incompetence is catching up to them.

**ziggy** · 09-26-2021, 10:32 AM

New York may tap National Guard to replace unvaccinated healthcare workers

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering employing the National Guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages with tens of thousands of workers possibly losing their jobs for not meeting a Monday deadline for mandated COVID-19 vaccination.

The plan, outlined in a statement from Hochul on Saturday, would allow her to declare a state of emergency to increase the supply of healthcare workers to include licensed professionals from other states and countries as well as retired nurses.

Hochul said the state was also looking at using National Guard officers with medical training to keep hospitals and other medical facilities adequately staffed. Some 16% of the state's 450,000 hospital staff, or roughly 72,000 workers, have not been fully vaccinated, the governor's office said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new...rs-2021-09-26/