United Airlines will require its U.S. employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall, becoming the first major airline to implement a vaccine mandate.
The airline’s decision came as several corporations announced vaccine requirements for their employees to counter the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
“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 told employees in a memo Friday. “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.”
United employees will be required to show proof of vaccination five weeks after the Food and Drug Administration grants the COVID-19 vaccines full approval, or Oct. 25, whichever comes first. Federal officials are expected to approve Pfizer’s vaccine by early next month.
All of the company’s 67,000 employees will be subject to the vaccine mandate, except for those exempted for medical or religious reasons.
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JUST IN: United becomes first major airline to mandate vaccines for employees https://t.co/LYpMXaElAR pic.twitter.com/uDOymQCbfa
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So let’s mandate vaccinations for passengers too.
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