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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently offered employees the option of bowing out of seasonal flu vaccination for “religious and medical beliefs. However, five workers are alleging they were fired because they sought to bow out for personal beliefs. The hospital mandated that employees have the shot by December 4. Those that had not received a shot were fired. The Service Employees International Union is now taking the hospital to arbitration over the firings. The union will request that the workers be returned to their jobs with back pay. Four of the five workers are members of the union.