Massachusetts Transit Agency Offers to Rehire 8 Former Employees Fired for Being Unvaccinated

A man is given a COVID-19 vaccine in Chelsea, Mass., on Feb. 16, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is offering jobs back to eight former employees that it fired for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The former MBTA employees were fired after Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued Executive Order No. 595 in August of 2021. The order required all state-level executive branch employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including MBTA employees.