San Francisco BART Settles Some Covid Vaccine Mandate Cases (1)

July 8, 2024, 4:17 PM UTCUpdated: July 8, 2024, 10:12 PM UTC

Sixteen former San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District workers who alleged its Covid-19 vaccine mandate violated their religious freedoms settled their lawsuit with the agency.

But a total of 17 former workers will be going to trial in San Francisco federal court, which will be split into three phases, according to their attorney Kevin Snider of the Pacific Justice Institute.

The first seven are set to begin their trial on Tuesday.

The workers claim the agency popularly known as BART failed to accommodate their requests for religious exemption from the vaccine requirement, costing them their jobs. The workers cited ...

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