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Nearly 1,900 Washington State Employees Quit or Were Fired Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

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Nearly 1,900 Washington State Employees Quit or Were Fired Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to reporters in Seattle on March 16, 2020. Elaine Thompson/Pool/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
10/20/2021|Updated: 10/20/2021

Nearly 1,900 Washington state workers were fired or quit over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, officials said Tuesday.

Before the mandate led to resignations and terminations, the state had approximately 63,291 workers.

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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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