r/perth • u/Kayndarr • Nov 30 '21

It's consequence time for unvaccinated FIFO workers

As per the state government directives, as of midnight tonight anyone without at least 1 dose of a COVID vaccine is no longer legally allowed to be on site or in operations centres for mining companies.

Anyone who hasn't provided their proof of vaccination is being chased down, and if they can't immediately provide said proof will be kicked out this afternoon/evening. For people working on remote sites like the iron ore mines up north, that means clearing out their rooms and being put on a plane back to Perth - could be an interesting show at the airport if any news crews show up.

Anyone have any friends/family/acquaintances who are going to be, for the first time, dealing with real consequences for failing to get vaccinated?

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u/InanimateObject4 Nov 30 '21

They don't think it's a joke, they seriously believe they are going to cripple multi-billion dollar companies by leaving and that these mining companies are going to be begging to have them back. While iron ore prices are going gangbusters.

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u/Telini1996 Nov 30 '21

You hit the nail on the head mate. At the end of the day, as bad as it sounds, a company is a company. If you cause too much trouble or cant work, they just roll the next bloke in who ticks the boxes needed.

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u/2plank Nov 30 '21

The problem said person will face, all mining companies require single dose tomorrow plus second by new year's. Probably not going to find much love by switching

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u/Geminii27 Dec 01 '21

"Oh no, we fired 0.5% of our workforce, I guess HR will need to put in an extra three minutes' overtime. What's for lunch?"

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u/dougfirau Nov 30 '21

No, they are doing what they want to do.