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Sept. 8, 2021 - Unions warn of ‘mass exodus’ over vaccines
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Unions warn of ‘mass exodus’ over city of Seattle vaccine mandate.
The city’s unsure of workers’ vaccination rate, but ‘attestations’ hint at relatively lower numbers among police officers.
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Sept. 8, 2021 - Unions warn of ‘mass exodus’ over vaccines
9/8/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
The city’s unsure of workers’ vaccination rate, but ‘attestations’ hint at relatively lower numbers among police officers.
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Shortly after Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan mandated COVID-19 vaccines for all city workers, the president of Seattle's largest police union issued a warning.
- And I could tell you right now that we could potentially have a lot of officers that could be terminated.
- That was Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild.
Across the country, some police departments have struggled with low vaccination rates.
Recently, the Seattle Police Department saw a jump in new COVID cases among its employees.
In the first few weeks of August, 29 officers tested positive, a nearly 30% increase since the beginning of the pandemic.
Seattle University criminal justice professor Jacqueline Helfgott said that if the mandate pushes out more officers, the benefits of a mandate will be swamped by the drawbacks.
I'm Starla Sampaco.
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