LA school district rescinded covid vaccine mandate and fired teachers seek justice

On August 13, 2021, the second largest public school district in the United States -- the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) -- ordered all employees to be “fully vaccinated” against covid-19 by October 15, 2021. Employees who did not consent were considered a threat to public health and to the lives of children. These employees were stripped over their medical privacy, put under duress and subjected to weekly medical testing requirements that were coercive and discriminatory in nature and based on medical fraud. The LAUSD enrolls nearly 575,000 students annually and employs around 38,300 staff. Over the course of LAUSD’s unlawful covid-19 vaccine mandate, the district wrongfully terminated around 500 employees and forced another 500 employees into unpaid leave or early retirement.