Last year, dozens of Massachusetts state troopers quit in protest of the vaccine mandate.

In early 2022, amid peaceful protests by truck drivers and other workers against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the Canadian government pressed the big four Canadian banks to freeze the accounts of protestors and supporters.

At the peak of the demonstrations, about 500 protesters who opposed the vaccine mandate were on City Hall's South Lawn, and about 30 to 50 counter protesters were at First and Spring streets, LAPD Chief Michel Moore told the Police Commission on Aug.

The Freedom Convoy protest started as a demonstration against the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed on cross-border truck drivers in January, but expanded into a bigger movement with many joining the cause to protest various COVID-19 mandates and

Protesters even camped out overnight on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament holding “Kill the Bill” signs. Thousands protest against the Victorian government's proposed pandemic bill and vaccine mandates in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 13, 2021.

Protesters also gathered at the New York City mayor's mansion against the vaccine mandate.

Andrew Cuomo requiring all hospital staff to be vaccinated, hundreds of hospital workers across the state have been protesting against the measure.

The demonstration began as a protest by truck drivers against the federal government's mandate for truckers crossing the Canada-U.S. border to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

The Freedom Convoy protest saw hundreds of vehicles from across Canada converge in downtown Ottawa in late January of 2022 to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic measures.

The Freedom Convoy protest originated as a demonstration against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for truckers traversing the Canada–U.S. border, but expanded into a broader movement opposing various pandemic-related mandates and restrictions.

Australians protesting against government-mandated health restrictions, increasing powers, and the Pandemic Bill in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 6, 2021.

On Jan. 22, protests broke out across Australia’s major capital cities against government-mandated restrictions and mandates.

The protests were inspired by the Freedom Convoy movement that began as a demonstration against a requirement for truck drivers to have COVID-19 vaccination for cross-border travel.

The protests were started by truck drivers opposed to the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate requiring that all drivers crossing the Canada-U.S. border to be vaccinated against the virus.

NEW YORK—Amid record-cold temperatures, hundreds gathered in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday to protest against the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandates, imploring Mayor Eric Adams to allow city workers who were fired for not taking the jabs to be

Protesters demonstrate against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions in Ottawa on Feb. 10, 2022.

Thousands protest against the Victorian government's proposed pandemic bill and vaccine mandates in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 13, 2021.

(Lisa Lin/The Epoch Times) The protests were inspired by the trucker protest movement that began as a demonstration against a requirement for truck drivers to have COVID-19 vaccination for cross-border travel.

Protest organizers say their demonstration is peaceful. Protesters gather in Parliament Hill in Ottawa to demonstrate against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions on Feb. 5, 2022.

But the vaccine mandates have been met with resistance following a multitude of protests against the directives, with the state overall primed to cop billions of dollars in losses as an estimated 39,000 workers face termination after declining the vaccine

The demonstration, to be held in Ottawa over the weekend of Jan. 29 and into next week, was initially about protesting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate that requires cross-border truck drivers who have not been vaccinated against the virus to quarantine for

Northwell workers protested against the mandate on the day it went into effect, arguing it violated people's freedoms.

Maria Zeee at the Sydney protest against the COVID-19 mandates in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 20, 2021.

It also continued to deny reports on social media that the disruptions stemmed from pilots calling out sick to protest against the recently announced COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Sununu for not taking a more aggressive position against Biden's COVID vaccine mandate like Republican cohorts Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbot have done.

Guy’s comments came on the same day thousands of protesters took to the streets of Melbourne’s CBD to rally against vaccine mandates and the controversial pandemic legislation.

Part of that response came a few weeks later in the form of cross-country protests and blockades against COVID restrictions, with the government responding by taking the unprecedented step of invoking the Emergencies Act.

Since Dec. 1, 2021, when the "vaccine pass" was announced, protesters have regularly hit the streets to rally against the mandate. The Associated Press contributed to this report. From NTD News

For the uninitiated, the Freedom Convoy protests, which began in Ottawa in January, were in direct response to a mandate requiring all Canadian cross-border truckers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The blockade was one of several held across the country to protest COVID-19 rules and vaccine mandates.