{"id":897773,"date":"2021-10-19T11:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=897773"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:44:44","slug":"dozens-of-unvaccinated-wash-state-ferry-workers-set-to-be-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-unvaccinated-wash-state-ferry-workers-set-to-be-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of unvaccinated Wash. State ferry workers set to be fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdozens-of-unvaccinated-wash-state-ferry-workers-set-to-be-fired%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=897773&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 id=\"attachment_2553934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2553934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File \u2013 A Washington State Ferry is pictured. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:29 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, October 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Hundreds of Washington State Ferry (WSF) workers are at risk of losing their jobs for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking to the press on Monday, 23-year Chief Engineer Craig Hendricks said although his religious exemption was granted, the ferry system refused to make any accommodations that would allow him to keep working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applied for other accommodations maybe like driving a snow plow or something, you know what I mean? Anything,\u201d he explained. \u201cNothing. They won\u2019t accommodate me in any way, shape or form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least 200 Washington ferry workers could get fired for not getting the jab as of Monday\u2019s deadline. This comes as the ferry system is already plagued with staffing shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Deck worker Christopher Anderson stressed the state can solve the shortage issue if they were to grant people the appropriate accommodations, but said the public will now have to pay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe passengers they\u2019re going to be missing medical appointments, they\u2019re going to be stranded at the terminals for hours on end, they\u2019re going to be late for their own jobs,\u201d Anderson pointed out. \u201cIt has a big ripple effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a spokesman for the WSF, Ian Sterling, said they believe they have the situation all under control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we\u2019re pretty confident we can keep the schedule we have right now, so people can rely on the ferry services that they always have,\u201d he asserted. \u201cThere may not be a boat quite as often, it\u2019s like having a two lane highway and closing one of the lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferry officials said although several accommodations have been granted at the end of the day, if workers have not received the jab then they will be left without a job.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/china-launches-hypersonic-missile-surprising-biden-admin\/\">China Launches Hypersonic Missile, Surprising Biden Admin.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File \u2013 A Washington State Ferry is pictured. (AP Photo) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 8:29 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, October 19, 2021 Hundreds of Washington State Ferry (WSF) workers are at risk &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-897773","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\/897773","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897773\/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=897773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}