
During a virtual briefing Friday, she described indoor dining and indoor bars as "uniquely high risk settings," some of the only places left where large groups of people gather indoors without masks on. Allison Berry issued the vaccine mandate. Beginning Saturday, all restaurant and bar patrons in Clallam and Jefferson counties will need to show proof of vaccination to be served indoors.Ĭlallam and Jefferson counties are the first in the Northwest to take this step. The public health officer for two counties on Washington's Olympic Peninsula detailed a controversial order Friday to stem a tide of Covid cases that's overwhelming local hospitals. counties to require bar and restaurant patrons to show proof of vaccination Read more here about the tentative agreement. Meanwhile negotiations continue with other state employee unions. The agreement still requires ratification. Workers will get additional vacation day in 2022 as a so-called “vaccine incentive.” Additionally, employees who are not fully vaccinated by the governor’s October 18th deadline will be allowed to take paid or unpaid leave until they are fully vaccinated – rather than be terminated. Under the agreement, the union won a series of concessions and special considerations. It comes after the Washington Federation of State Employees sued the Inslee administration over the mandate. The deal was announced early Saturday morning just after 1:00.

The largest state employee union in Washington has reached a tentative agreement over the implementation of Governor Jay Inslee’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Inslee over implementation of the vaccine mandate Washington's largest public employee union reaches tentative deal with Gov.

“It’s the health system’s responsibility to negotiate with their unions, and it is our right to negotiate over these events,” said Ruth Schubert, a WSNA representative. 20, said the system forced a change in policy without discussing it with the worker groups. The Washington State Nurses Association, which filed its complaint Aug. 3, unions representing a swath of workers - from nurses to respiratory therapists to custodians - have leveled at least seven labor complaints. Since PeaceHealth announced the mandate on Aug. Statewide mandates for health care workers in Oregon and Washington won’t take effect until next month. PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Washington, placed roughly 800 unvaccinated workers on leave as part of a companywide vaccine mandate that went into effect Sept.

PeaceHealth medical centers put hundreds of unvaccinated workers on unpaid leaveĪmid a surge in new COVID cases, a Pacific Northwest hospital system is at odds with its employee unions over a decision to dismiss hundreds of unvaccinated workers.
