Jo Raphael: Don't make border workers choose between job or jab 12 May, 2021 09:00 PM 3 minutes to read Access to the Covid-19 vaccine should be made as simple as possible. Photo / Getty Images OPINION There's an issue brewing that is possibly bigger than border workers refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 – and this one could be easily remedied. It's an absolute debacle that port workers have to get unpaid time off to get a vaccination, or not get one at all. Read More They can't turn down the work or they don't get paid. Border workers at ports such as Tauranga have been eligible to get the jab since February.