[ti:Some US Workers Face Job Losses for Resisting Vaccine Rules]
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[00:00.04]Thousands of American workers face possible job losses
[00:06.96]as requirements to be vaccinated against COVID-19
[00:12.16]begin to be enforced.
[00:15.96]The vaccine requirements, known as mandates,
[00:20.92]from governments and companies
[00:23.88]have faced opposition across the country.
[00:28.84]But they have also been effective
[00:31.92]at persuading many workers to get vaccinated.
[00:37.36]COVID-19 has killed more than 700,000 people in the United States.
[00:46.08]U.S. officials say about 77 percent of individuals
[00:51.96]who are eligible for a vaccine have received at least one shot.
[00:59.44]One of the latest public disputes over the issue
[01:03.84]happened this week at Washington State University (WSU).
[01:09.36]The university's head football coach was fired
[01:13.56]along with four assistants
[01:16.16]for failing to obey the state's vaccine requirement.
[01:21.92]The coach, Nick Rolovich,
[01:24.92]had sought a religious exception to the rule earlier this month.
[01:31.48]School officials said the vaccine requirement
[01:36.24]is aimed at protecting the safety of its teachers and students.
[01:42.92]"Experience is showing that vaccine mandates
[01:47.36]help motivate people to complete the vaccination process,"
[01:53.08]said Marty Dickinson, who heads WSU's Board of Regents.
[01:59.96]However, the mandates are causing concern
[02:04.16]about worker shortages across several industries.
[02:10.28]Thousands of police officers and firefighters
[02:14.36]in cities like Chicago and Baltimore
[02:17.96]are at risk of losing their jobs soon.
[02:22.68]They are facing rules that require them
[02:26.32]to report whether they are vaccinated.
[02:30.44]In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been battling
[02:35.52]with the city's police labor union.
[02:39.40]It does not support the vaccine mandate for city workers.
[02:45.36]About one third of the city's 12,770 police employees
[02:52.96]failed to report their vaccination status last week as required.
[03:00.08]Some officers have had their pay cut off.
[03:04.96]Lightfoot has said the mandate is aimed at "saving lives"
[03:10.56]and creating a safe workplace.
[03:14.84]She accused the union of trying to start
[03:18.68]an "insurrection" by opposing the rule.
[03:23.76]The administration of President Joe Biden
[03:27.60]has been behind the push to get more Americans vaccinated.
[03:34.28]Last week, about 200 Boeing Company employees
[03:38.92]and others held a protest.
[03:41.92]They oppose the airplane maker's requirement
[03:46.52]that 125,000 workers be vaccinated by December 8.
[03:54.52]That rule is linked to an executive order
[03:58.28]issued by Biden for federal contractors.
[04:03.32]The rules for another order covering private businesses
[04:08.24]with 100 or more employees are expected to be finalized soon.
[04:15.64]Along with the mandate for federal workers and contractors,
[04:20.72]Biden's vaccine requirements will affect about 100 million people.
[04:27.76]That is about two-thirds of the U.S. workforce.
[04:33.36]A series of layoffs has already moved
[04:36.60]through the healthcare industry.
[04:39.80]The industry acted faster than others
[04:43.00]to put vaccine mandates in place.
[04:47.12]Nurses and other healthcare workers
[04:50.12]who chose to leave their jobs rather than be vaccinated
[04:54.60]recently spoke to Reuters news agency.
[04:59.40]They said they were concerned over a lack of long-term data
[05:04.56]about the three vaccines currently available in the U.S.
[05:10.84]The vaccines received emergency use approval
[05:15.32]from the Food and Drug Administration in less than a year.
[05:20.48]Most medical experts have said they are safe.
[05:25.40]They have supported their statements by noting large vaccine trials
[05:31.08]and saying hundreds of millions have received injections worldwide.
[05:37.80]Some companies are taking steps to reassure workers
[05:42.36]that their requests for medical or religious exceptions
[05:46.92]will be given serious consideration.
[05:50.00]Southwest Airlines spoke to its employees last week.
[05:55.52]The company said it would permit the unvaccinated
[05:59.88]to continue working rather than being placed on unpaid leave.
[06:05.76]Southwest said that would be the case if the requests for exceptions
[06:11.60]have not been examined by the government's December 8 deadline.
[06:17.48]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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