Federal Contractors Facing Push Back Against Vaccine Mandate

Federal Contractors Facing Push Back Against Vaccine Mandate

Share to Linkedin Tension is running high at some federal contractors due to the Biden administration's vaccine requirement while some trade groups are voicing concerns that a looming mandate in the private sector will worsen worker shortages and supply chain problems ahead of the holiday season. American Airlines pilots march in protest outside a terminal at Dallas-Fort Worth International ... [+] Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Pilots and airlines management are in talks on a new contract as the company works through bankruptcy. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Texas branch of the International Association of Machinists has hired a lawyer to help employees of the industrial conglomerate Textron and aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems in the event the companies refuse to accept requests for vaccine exemptions based on medical or religious reasons, Reuters reported, adding that around half of the employees at the two companies are not vaccinated. Federal contract workers have a December 8 deadline imposed by the Biden administration to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Between 150 and 200 American Airlines employees gathered outside company headquarters in Texas last week with signs that read "I CALL THE SHOTS" to protest against the vaccine mandate, Spectrum News 1