SAN FRANCISCO — A federal jury has sided with fired Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers who sued the agency, claiming they lost their jobs because of a COVID vaccination mandate.

There are six of them in total in the suit, and each will receive more than $1 million.

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The employees applied for religious exemptions from the vaccination mandate, but say they were not accommodated by the transit agency and subsequently lost their jobs.

BART initially granted vaccine exemptions, but the plaintiffs claimed they were not accepted. An accommodation could have meant they were able to work from home or be tested regularly for COVID. They claimed that none of this happened and lost their jobs.

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In total, BART must now pay $7.8 million to all six former employees.

BART is a transit agency that is already $350 million to $400 million in the red, but BART’s board voted eight to one to mandate the vaccine in 2021.

BART did not comment on Wednesday’s decision.