Ford reinstates mask mandates at facilities in Missouri and Florida

CNBC ^ | Michael Wayland | JUL 28 202112:08 PM ED UPDATED 37 MIN AGO

[conservative98]

DETROIT – Ford Motor is reinstating mask requirements for workers and visitors at facilities in Missouri and Florida, both of which are considered emerging hot spots for delta variant Covid-19 infections.

The company also will require U.S. employees planning international business travel to be vaccinated against Covid-19, Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker confirmed Wednesday.

“The health and safety of our workforce continues to be our top priority. With a data-driven approach to our global COVID-19 protocols and the increase in cases in specific U.S. regions, Ford is reinstating face mask protocols in select states,” Felker said in an emailed statement. “We will continue to evaluate COVID-19 case data to make further protocol changes.”

In Missouri, Ford’s Kansas City Assembly plant employs about 7,250 people that build the Ford F-150 pickup and Transit van. It has offices and parts depots in Florida but no plants.

Ford’s move follows General Motors, which reinstated a mask mandate at a plant in Missouri last week due to an increase in cases in the area.

[BiteYourSelf]

And they wonder why they can’t get any workers to come in.

[wildcard_redneck]

States need to pass laws limiting the ability of the any government to bypass the Constitution and use private small businesses and corporations to restrict the freedoms and invade the privacy of Americans. Americans who have to work for a living cannot not be treated like slaves if anyone in America is to be truly free.

As it stands now, there are so many regulations controlling businesses that they are effectively organs of the state. The fascists running our government have slowly been sidestepping the Constitution through business regulations to steal our freedoms and prosperity.

If this abuse of Americans does not stop there is likely to be revolution.

[shanover]

Everyone spouts the same talking points from corporations, government, politicians, media and health/science sector. This is the biggest scam and sham in world history.

[cableguymn]

honest question.

can a private company be told they can’t require masks?

[wildcard_redneck]

"can a private company be told they can’t require masks?

Good question, let us do a thought exercise.

can a private company be told not to hire 10-year-olds to work in factories? Yes

can a private company be told not to sell alcohol on Sundays? Yes

can a private company be told withhold your pay before you revived it and s be it to the government rendering you into an owned slave? Yes

Apparently they can force businesses to violate our rights so why cannot we demand laws on business that actually to protect freedoms?

[Joe 6-pack]

Are they just building trucks and parking them until the chips manufacturers catch up, our is the chips crisis over now?

[Forward the Light Brigade]

MUST KEEP PANDEMIC ALIVE or Trump Returns, angry, with a horde of pitchfork waving Americans behind him—and this time you will see what a real insurrection looks like.