Fired BART workers receive settlement of over $1M each

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A federal jury has sided with fired BART workers who sued the agency claiming they lost their jobs over a COVID vaccine mandate.

There are six of them total in the lawsuit and each will receive more than $1 million.

— ABC7 San Francisco

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