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King County and the Coalition of Unions, Technical Employees Association, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77, the King County Corrections Guild, the King County Juvenile Detention Guild, the Washington State Nurses Association, and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 – who represent 95% of the County’s workforce – reached an agreement over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all King County Employees in the Executive Branch.
On August 10, 2021, King County Executive Dow Constantine issued an order that all Executive Branch employees must be fully vaccinated by October 18, 2021. Since then, the Office of Labor Relations has been in negotiations on what will be considered full compliance and how the mandate will be implemented in King County, coming to an agreement with the unions.
“I am pleased that our Office of Labor Relations and nearly all of our labor unions have successfully negotiated the way we will implement employee vaccination,” said Executive Constantine. “With a fully vaccinated workforce, we are protecting one another and the public we serve, keeping our community safe and healthy.”
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NOTE: Release updated to add agreement with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, and increases workforce percentage to 95%.
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