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Nearly 40% of California state workers are not vaccinated, despite Governor Newsom's vaccine order.

Nearly 40% of California state workers are not vaccinated, despite Governor Newsom's vaccine order.

A video shows a Washington state trooper said Gov. 'Jay Inslee can kiss my A**' during his resignation ahead of vaccine deadline.

It impossible to get -- defund the police department by 50% in 2020. they would welcome firing unvaccinated officers, each the mayoral candidate considered pre-police is not budging. >> i support the mandate. i support, and thats unambiguous, in how we terminate any officer should be a bargain for condition of employment. >> now there was a lawsuit filed by state workers, they had a hearing today seeking an injunction against the mandate. it failed, so tomorrow thousands of state workers and per...

Their vaccination status. >> democratic governor jay inslee has made it very difficult to get an exemption for religious and medical reasons. state workers wont be eligible to collect unemployment benefits. the deadline is midnight tonight to have the vaccination status uploaded into the system. there is a hearing in a county filed by workers against this mandate. well see if that plays out and changes anything. if it doesnt a lot of workers will be out of a job tomorrow. >> dana: replicating ac...

Im dirty. this is the last time youll hear me in a state patrol car. >> dana: washington state trooper signing off for the last time with a stinging message to governor inslee. he called it quits because of the vaccine mandate. here he was earlier this morning. >> we worked 18 months without having any type of issues but now suddenly we have to have these mandatory vaccines making people do this or you lose your job was ridiculous. >> dana: 10% of washington state workers are still unvaccinated ...

Their careers over going on a web site and saying yes or no. >> reporter: 18 states and the district of columbia have vaccine mandates for at least some state workers but washington, oregon and massachusetts are the only one that wont allow opting out of the vaccine with a weekly test. do you think we can get to the level we need to be at as far as vaccinations are concerned with these mandates? >> no, ultraly were still going to need cooperation with the governors and elected leaders of states ...

The vaccine mandate applies to about 44,000 employees and contractors working within the state's executive branch, regardless of whether they work in-person or remote.

Last Monday was the deadline for state workers to either show proof of vaccination or to agree to weekly COVID testing in order to continue their employment.

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