It has been just revealed the fact that healthcare workers file a class action lawsuit against dr. Bonnie Henry over covid mandates. Check out the latest reports about this below.
Class action lawsuit has been filed
It has been revealed by Rebel News that hundreds of unvaccinated B.C. healthcare workers who lost their jobs during the COVID pandemic have filed a class-action lawsuit against provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.
“Among the claimants is former lab technician Terri Perepolkin, who has been without work for two years over her failure to comply with COVID vaccine mandates at her workplace.
A rural B.C. mayor wants the provincial health authority to rehire unvaccinated healthcare workers amid repeat emergency room closures across the province.https://t.co/Eht4kjBA6g
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) April 24, 2023
To afford B.C. living, she and her husband sold their Vernon residence after her dismissal from Vernon Jubilee Hospital, where she worked since 2004.”
As per the available information, Perepolkin has been a stay-at-home mom who has been homeschooling her children since October 26, 2021.
The province terminated her employment on November 18 of the same year. In the meantime, she founded The United Health Care Workers of BC, which is a non-profit society for all healthcare workers who have been impacted by the mandates in the province.
Perepolkin mentioned in an interview with Castanet that her society presently has 107 members, who she hopes will join the class action once it is certified.
“Dr. Henry is still requiring the first two COVID shots to work in health care in B.C. – even though she has admitted that all workers who have the first two shots no longer have any protection from them,” claimed the Vernon lab technician.
Two co-plaintiffs are suing the Interior Health authority in British Columbia on behalf of unionized healthcare workers who have been subject to COVID-19 vaccination status information and preventative measures order.
Despite reports that rural BC mayors want the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to end for healthcare workers, the Ministry of Health’s refusal to rescind the order has created a persistent nursing shortage province-wide.
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The first plaintiff, Jedediah Ferguson, who worked at Cumberland Regional Hospital laundry since June 2015, received a leave of absence prior to being fired by Interior Health.
According to court documents filed on October 13, the plaintiffs claim that Dr. Bonnie Henry, the Provincial Health Officer, undermined their contractual employment agreements when she issued the public health order on October 14, 2021.
The plaintiffs contend that Dr. Henry acted with reckless indifference or willful blindness by continuing to enforce the order.
