BART Workers Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine Get $7.8M Payout

Six former Bay Area Rapid Transit District Employees who lost their jobs for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations will each receive more than $1 million after a federal jury sided with them in a discrimination lawsuit. The $7.8 million verdict, announced this week, follows a dispute over BART’s 2021 mandate requiring employees to get vaccinated.

BART is a light rail that connects the San Francisco Peninsula with East and South Bay communities.

The employees argued the vaccine mandate violated their religious beliefs and sought exemptions, which the agency denied, and then fired them.

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