The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is offering jobs back to eight former employees that it fired for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The former MBTA employees were fired after Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued Executive Order No. 595 in August of 2021. The order required all state-level executive branch employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including MBTA employees.
MBTA recently rescinded its vaccine and mask requirements for employees, while last week, the Boston Herald reported the agency would rehire eight former employees who lost their jobs for refusing the prior vaccination policy. The offer to rehire the unvaccinated former MBTA employees does not include back pay at this time….