达科他史密斯
洛杉矶Times
(MCT)
LOS ANGELES — A group of 500 Los Angeles firefighters filed a lawsuit Friday against the city over its requirement that L.A. employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
该诉讼，在洛杉矶县高级法院提出，索赔该市的任务是侵犯雇员的宪法受保护的自治权。
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Firefighters 4 Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit representing 529 members, said Kevin McBride, the group’s attorney.
The firefighters are “pawns in a political chess match, ordered by thirteen politicians on the Los Angeles City Council to inject themselves with an experimental vaccine — over their objections — or lose their jobs,” the lawsuit states.
A group of employees in the Los Angeles Police Department also sued last week over the vaccination mandate.
The city of L.A. moved to require city employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early October, while granting exemptions to employees with medical conditions or “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
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More than 460 exemption requests have been submitted by LAFD employees, according to city data — a number equal to 12.5% of the department workforce. However, it is possible that some employees may have turned in multiple requests.
Firefighters 4 Freedom was launched last month “to stop the mandated vaccinations for all city employees as well as the citizens of this great country,” according to its website.
诉讼将于周五提出，该城市授权违反了加州宪法下的消防员隐私权。它寻求禁止城市疫苗接种授权的临时限制秩序，直到初步禁令听证和法院的进一步命令。
The lawsuit alleges the city doesn’t have the power to “order forced vaccinations of its employees or residents” and that “the vaccine mandate is both unnecessary and ineffective in protecting the public.”
McBride, the attorney representing the firefighters, said his clients are seeking a “middle ground” with the city, but it’s unclear what that would be.
“They’re sensitive to the public,” McBride said of his clients. “No one wants to spread COVID-19.”
Health experts have said the COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and save lives. Data released by Los Angeles County last month showed that hospitals are seeing a greater number of unvaccinated people who are younger and otherwise healthy.
A LAFD spokesman told the Los Angeles Times on Friday that 58.5% of the sworn members have been fully vaccinated and 66% have received at least one dose.
The city’s roughly 3,500 firefighters are on the front lines, working as paramedics and emergency medical technicians. That dynamic has raised concerns that the first responders could infect others with the disease.
根据城市数据，对Covid-19进行了肯定的LAFD员工总数为1,079。共有1,056名Lafd员工恢复并返回职责。在收缩Covid-19后，两名消防员已经死亡。
A spokesman for City Attorney Mike Feuer didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
（员工作家艾米丽·阿珀尔雷亚斯为本报告做出了贡献。）
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