“Santa Clara County led the way responding to Covid, and we have done very well,” the letter states. “With these latest changes though, we’re cutting off our nose to spite our fac…
Six unions representing county workers ranging from nurses and correctional officers to engineers and architects are pushing back against a health order that requires employees in high-risk job settings to get a booster shot.
In a joint letter sent on Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors and County Executive Jeff Smith, union leadership claimed that the booster mandate will cripple a workforce already under immense strain from the omicron variant and requested that county leaders find a way for those with approved vaccine exemptions to stay in their positions.
“Santa Clara County led the way responding to Covid, and we have done very well,” the letter reads. “With these latest changes though, we’re cutting off our nose to spite our face.” The letter also states that the unions are not against vaccines — in fact, they call them one of the “strongest tools” to protect workers — but that the county’s needs to consider a “nuanced response that effectively weighs costs and benefits” of the booster requirement.
But less than two weeks after the order was announced, the county health department came out with a waiver option, where organizations could get approved for a workaround where its unvaccinated employees could stay in their high-risk job settings. This optionthat the booster mandate would put strain on workers who were already facing a staffing crisis.
While private entities and their executives can apply for a waiver — for example, Stanford Health Care confirmed it was applying for one shortly after the option was announced — it leaves thousands of workers under county leadership who must make the decision about whether they will be applying for one, too.
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