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State workers demand to bargain over Gov. Brown's vaccination mandate
Salem’s largest employer is requiring Covid vaccines - and getting pushback from unions representing tens of thousands of state employees.
On Tuesday, Gov. Kate Brown said nearly all state employees, about 41,000 people, would be required to get a Covid vaccine to hold onto their jobs.
The announcement came as Brown reinstated Oregon’s mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals just six weeks after declaring the state open for business again.
Brown said the measures were necessary to stop a quickly escalating spiral into record-breaking Covid cases and hospitalizations.
Read more: https://www.salemreporter.com/posts/4788/state-workers-demand-to-bargain-over-gov-browns-vaccination-mandate