{"id":1094297,"date":"2021-12-07T12:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1094297"},"modified":"2021-12-07T12:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:13:37","slug":"report-113-firefighters-taken-off-duty-without-pay-over-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-113-firefighters-taken-off-duty-without-pay-over-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: 113 Firefighters Taken Off Duty Without Pay Over Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-113-firefighters-taken-off-duty-without-pay-over-vaccine-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1094297&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Fire Department has removed 113 firefighters from duty without pay after they failed to get vaccinated per the city\u2019s vaccine mandate, according to ABC 7.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/per.lacity.org\/covid19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">requires<\/a> all municipal employees to get the coronavirus vaccine by Dec. 18 and those who are not yet vaccinated must be regularly tested, with the cost of each test falling on the employee.<\/p>\n<p>The department placed 113 firefighters on leave without pay Monday after having sent 222 notices to personnel in November warning of the consequences for refusing to take the vaccine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/los-angeles-firefighters-covid-19-vaccination\/11306486\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC 7<\/a>. Los Angeles Fire Department\u2019s Cheryl Getuiza said the daily number of members who are off-duty without pay changes each day depending on whether firefighters get vaccinated or submit to testing, according to the report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6521739130435\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: 113 LAFD firefighters removed from duty without pay for failing to meet city\u2019s vaccination mandate<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iBW3ucCTVD\">https:\/\/t.co\/iBW3ucCTVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7\/status\/1468016380310024192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Any firefighter who refuses to get the vaccine before the deadline \u201cwill be entered into the process for termination of their employment, as outlined in the City Charter,\u201d Getuiza said, according to the outlet. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/de-blasio-announces-that-nyc-will-mandate-vaccines-for-private-sector-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: De Blasio Announces That NYC Will Mandate Vaccines For Private Sector Workers)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three-hundred and twenty-one individuals in the department have filed for an exemption, according to ABC7. Each exemption request is reviewed on a case-by-case basis and if the exemption is approved the city will cover testing expenses, according to the report. If the exemption request is denied, the employee can file an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel denied a request from the city\u2019s firefighters\u2019 union on Friday asking for a preliminary injunction preventing the mandate from being enforced, ruling in the interest of public health, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/los-angeles-firefighters-vaccine-mandate-lafd-united-of\/11303602\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The union argued the city failed to \u201cbargain in good faith\u201d with them over the mandate and wanted the injunction until the city and the union could work things out, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Fire Department did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Fire Department has removed 113 firefighters from duty without pay after they failed to get vaccinated per the city\u2019s vaccine mandate, according to ABC 7.Los Angeles requires &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1094297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}