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Source: CNBC
United will require its U.S. employees to be vaccinated, a first for country's major airlines
AUGUST 6 2021 | By Leslie Josephs
KEY POINT
• United is the first large airline to mandate vaccines for its workforce, putting pressure on rivals.• Employees must be vaccinated five weeks after the FDA fully approves a Covid vaccine or five weeks after Sept. 20, whichever is first.• CEO Scott Kirby said in January he wanted to mandate vaccines and that other companies should do the same.
United Airlines pilot Steve Lindland receives a COVID-19 vaccine from RN Sandra Manella at United's onsite clinic at O'Hare International Airport on March 09, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.
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United Airlines will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 by no later than Oct. 25 or risk termination, a first for major U.S. carriers that will likely ramp up pressure on rivals.
Hours after United's announcement on Friday, discount carrier Frontier Airlines said its employees must be vaccinated by Oct. 1 or get frequently tested for Covid.
Airlines including United had resisted vaccine mandates for all workers, instead offering incentives like extra pay or time off to get inoculated. Delta Air Lines in May started requiring newly hired employees to show proof of vaccination. United followed suit in June.
United's requirement is one of the strictest vaccine mandates from a U.S. company and one that includes employees who interact regularly with customers like flight attendants and gate agents.
U.S. companies such as Facebook announced employees have to prove that they have been vaccinated to return to the office. Others are requiring them for only for certain workers. Walmart, for example, said last week that it will be required for corporate staff, but not store or warehouse workers. Uber said U.S. office staff will need to be vaccinated to return to in-person work but stopped short of requiring them for drivers.
Meatpacker Tyson Foods said this week its 120,000 U.S. employees must be fully vaccinated this year, though some 56,000 already are, according to the company.
"We know some of you will disagree with this decision to require the vaccine for all United employees," United CEO Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart said Friday in an employee note. "But, we have no greater responsibility to you and your colleagues than to ensure your safety when you're at work, and the facts are crystal clear: everyone is safer when everyone is vaccinated."
Kirby said in January he wanted to make Covid vaccines mandatory and that other companies should do the same.
Ending the Covid-19 pandemic is especially crucial for airlines, among the hardest-hit industries from the pandemic. While summer vacation bookings surpassed what most executives were expecting, the fast-spreading delta variant is starting to weigh on demand, Frontier Airlines said earlier this week.
"Over the last 16 months, Scott has sent dozens of condolences letters to the family members of United employees who have died from COVID-19," the executives said. "We're determined to do everything we can to try to keep another United family from receiving that letter."
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We need to collectively organize for aggressive boycotts:
We need to collectively organize for aggressive boycotts:
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Institutional investors in United Airlines Holdings Inc. includes Fidelity. Fidelity is one of the largest asset managers in the world. Two other private equity firms that are two of the other largest private equity firms in the world that hold shares in United Airlines Holdings Inc., include Vanguard and BlackRock. Contact these private equity firms and ask them why the are demanding United Airlines pilots and employees be given a "mandatory" Covid injection:
We predict when this is all over the pharmaceutical industry in America will collapse.
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