Southcoast Health fires 216 workers for failing to get COVID vaccine

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SOUTHCOAST HEALTH System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts have agreed on a contract after reaching a stalemate last month.
SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM has fired 216 workers who refused to comply with a mandate to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
FALL RIVER – Southcoast Health System Inc. has fired 216 workers who refused to comply with a mandate to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to The Herald News. Another 151 of the nonprofit hospital system’s employees have been granted vaccine exemptions, according to spokesperson Katie Cox. Southcoast employs approximately 7,500 at hospitals in Fall River, New…

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