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Vaccine Mandates Spark Protests at American, Southwest Airlines
Newsweek.com ^ | October 7, 2021 | Daniel Villarreal

Posted on 10/07/2021 4:39:14 PM PDT by Cecily

Workers at several airlines, including AmericanAirlines (AA) and Southwest Airlines (SWA), have started protesting their companies' COVID-19 vaccination mandates for workers.

Both airlines have told workers that they must be vaccinated or else face termination by November 24, before the busy holiday travel season begins. Both airlines allow employees to request religious or medical vaccine exemptions, though it's unclear how many will be granted.

Hundreds of AA workers and allies protested outside the company's Fort Worth, Texas headquarters on Thursday. The protesters told The Dallas Morning News that they are skeptical of the vaccines' effectiveness and their unreported side effects.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


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I'm glad they are pushing back.
1 posted on 10/07/2021 4:39:14 PM PDT by Cecily
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after months of airlines torturing passengers over masks, as if an unmasked 2yo is a lethal weapon endangering their very lives, I’m not feeling much sympathy


2 posted on 10/07/2021 4:41:28 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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If there’s no Biden Mandate who’s pushing this ?


3 posted on 10/07/2021 4:41:36 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Cecily

Everyone needs to push back.


4 posted on 10/07/2021 4:44:41 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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If there’s no Biden Mandate who’s pushing this?

Biden executive order.

5 posted on 10/07/2021 4:47:18 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: Veggie Todd

Isn’t OSHA supposed to be the one providing the mandate? I have not see the official mandate coming out of that agency as of yet.


6 posted on 10/07/2021 4:48:57 PM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Cecily

Dump airline stocks. This will have a major impact on Christmas travel.


7 posted on 10/07/2021 4:49:26 PM PDT by DownInFlames (G)
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To: Veggie Todd

Have you SEEN the Executive Order?


8 posted on 10/07/2021 4:51:10 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolyution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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There is no EO for private companies...only Federal Employees.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/09/09/executive-order-on-requiring-coronavirus-disease-2019-vaccination-for-federal-employees/

9 posted on 10/07/2021 4:51:53 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: goodnesswins
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/09/09/executive-order-on-requiring-coronavirus-disease-2019-vaccination-for-federal-employees/

Only for Federal Employees.

10 posted on 10/07/2021 4:52:41 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Reno89519

Agreed - write and let them know that you will not use their services.


11 posted on 10/07/2021 4:52:51 PM PDT by bone52 (Now is the time we dreamed of, and you are the hero you hoped for. Carpe diem!)
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The unvaxed should unspend


12 posted on 10/07/2021 4:53:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Cecily

I hope these government companies that are constantly begging for bailouts, go out of business.


13 posted on 10/07/2021 4:53:13 PM PDT by Trillian
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That's the whole point: there IS none.

He can't legally do a nationwide mandate, the media created one out of thin air based on his mumblings. OSHA is still tying itself in knots trying to make a mandate for Biden.

14 posted on 10/07/2021 4:54:21 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: ealgeone

resident Biden says that they are federal employees since the government has contracts with some of the airlines. Who wants to litigate that one?


15 posted on 10/07/2021 4:55:08 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: ealgeone

Yes...FEDERAL employees only


16 posted on 10/07/2021 4:56:40 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolyution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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U.S. Government contractors have to have all their employees vaxxed. Some airlines are contractors. Jeez, do a Google search, people.


17 posted on 10/07/2021 4:58:26 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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Aint going to happen

UAL 66% held by institutions
S West 79% held by institutions

Need more lok’em up


18 posted on 10/07/2021 4:59:17 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II (No Fat Chicks, ev-ah)
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To: ealgeone

And also: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/14/2021-19927/requiring-coronavirus-disease-2019-vaccination-for-federal-employees


19 posted on 10/07/2021 4:59:48 PM PDT by occamrzr06
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To: bone52

They dont care


20 posted on 10/07/2021 4:59:49 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II (No Fat Chicks, ev-ah)
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