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Press Release –
A group of employees who were fired from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) over the vaccine mandate have obtained legal representation and are now moving forward to fight their unlawful termination.
A spokesman for the employees says their group reported their individual cases to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after termination from BCBST. Since November 2021, the EEOC has been reviewing the alleged Title VII violation(s) and is currently considering grouping the alleged violation(s) of BCBST as a single action.
Between October and November 2021, BCBST terminated 41 of their employees after BCBST implemented a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for 900 “customer facing roles.” Many of these 900 employees who were not “customer facing” were full time telecommuters and had been working from home during the entire pandemic. The livelihoods of these 900 employees were threatened if they refused to comply with BCBST’s vaccine mandate. Out of the 900, 41 refused to comply with BCBST’s mandate and were fired from their positions.
In October 2021, nineteen employees were terminated. In November 2021, twenty-one additional employees were fired weeks ahead of a Tennessee law being passed to prevent BCBST from moving forward with the mandate. Many submitted requests for religious exemptions and reasonable accommodations. Rather than provide a reasonable accommodation such as a telecommuting option (an option that was currently in place and was continuing for the entire year) or a testing option, BCBST’s response was that you have 30 days to change your religious beliefs and get the shot, find a new job, or be fired. Religious exemptions were ignored.
One employee of the group, Kerrie I., described being terminated:
“I was a top performer dedicated to the mission of BCBST and the work of my team,” she said. “To be cast aside and treated as less than was, simply put, a slap in the face. BCBST’s decision to fire us affected me emotionally, to a point where I had experienced a crisis of faith and even questioned my self-worth.”
Many others among the group share Kerrie’s sentiments, some having been with BCBST for nearly two decades. None received any severance pay.
The group has a crowdfunding page where more details of the terminations can be found, along with a way to donate to the cost of legal fees involved with the lawsuit.
Link to Give Send Go page: https://www.givesendgo.com/G3KQS
The group would also like to make others who were fired from BCBST for the vaccine mandate aware of their efforts. If you were fired, you are invited to visit the Give Send Go page and contact the group if you would like to join the lawsuit.
4 Responses
I HOPE they take them to the Cleaners!!!
Greaft! Sue the h*ll out of them and teach them a hard “woke” lesson.
Ridiculous! They should win big time! Clearly a violation of their 1st amendment rights.
They need to seriously push the fact that the vaccines have been proven to be lethal and harmful. In addition, the vaccines do not work, cite Biden, Biden’s wife, Fauci, Governor of California, Bill Gates, Secretary of Defense, and so many more 4 times vaccinated still got and transmitted Covid19. Vaccines do not make the workplace safe, in fact, more dangerous since vaccinated have a greater chance of getting Covid-19. That NONE of the vaccines are licensed, not one; and, more specifically, NO ONE has the authority to order a person to become a guinea pig into an experiment no more so than to order a person to play Russian Roulette or lose their job. What about Sex or Job is that legal? Either you let me inject you, with my private parts, or you lose your job. Argue the science itself. Argue the facts.