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L.A. Firefighters And Cops Launch Groups To Fight Vax Mandate For City Workers

"This is not a vaccine versus non-vaccine issue, this is not a left verse right political issue. This is a human rights issue."

Jeffrey Cawood
L.A. Firefighters And Cops Launch Groups To Fight Vax Mandate For City Workers
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Hundreds of firefighters and police officers in Los Angeles are reportedly fighting back against a new ordinance that mandates city workers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early October unless they are granted a medical or religious exemption.

The policy was pushed by Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Council President Nury Martinez, both Democrats. City Council approved the new law 13-0, and it was signed by the mayor last month.

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