Southwest Airlines will require all workers to be vaccinated 'to continue employment'
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines will require all 60,000 of its employees to be vaccinated or get an exemption to “continue employment with the airline,” following industry competitors such as American, United and JetBlue in mandating COVID-19 shots.
Southwest was the country’s largest airline in pandemic-stricken 2020. The company and other airlines are under pressure from the Biden Administration to follow the president’s mandates on the COVID-19 vaccines. The company confirmed that it spoke with a White House representative last week.
“Southwest Airlines must join our industry peers in complying with the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccination directive,” Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said in a statement. “I encourage all Southwest employees to meet the federal directive, as quickly as possible, since we value every individual and want to ensure job security for all.”
Southwest said employees would have to be vaccinated by Dec. 8, the reported deadline the White House has been pushing for federal contractors.
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