A complaint was filed Thursday in US District Court on behalf of 38 Seattle firefighters alleging they were “wrongfully denied accommodations and terminated, forced to resign or retire for non-compliance with a new State requirement for COVID-19 vaccination.” A complaint is typically the first step in a lawsuit.
According to documents obtained by The Post Millennial, the complaint names the City of Seattle, Fire Chief Harold Scoggins , former Mayor Jenny Durkan , and several human resources employees.
The complaint tells the stories of each of the firefighters. The stories are all similar in that the firefighters who applied for exemptions from taking the vaccine due to their sincerely held religious beliefs were granted a religious exemption but were then denied accommodations. According to the complaint, the defendants “refused to engage Plaintiffs in a legally required interactive dialogue to discuss accommodations that would have kept Plaintiffs employed.” On August 9, 2021, […]
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