Union Sues University Hospital to Reinstate Nurse Fired Over Refusal of COVID-19 Vaccine

A union is suing SUNY Upstate University Hospital to make it reinstate a nurse fired for failing to get a state mandated Covid vaccination.

The Public Employees Federation, which represents nurses at Upstate and other state hospitals, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Upstate in Onondaga County Supreme Court.

The action comes on the heels of a Jan. 13 court decision that struck down the state’s Covid vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. The state Health Department is appealing that decision and has asked the state Supreme Court Appellate Division to issue a temporary stay blocking the Jan. 13 order.

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