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White House pushes US airlines to mandate vaccines for staff by December 8

The Biden administration mandates all federal contractors require vaccines for their employees ahead of December…

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The Biden administration mandates all federal contractors require vaccines for their employees ahead of December 8, 2021.

The White House is pushing US airlines to mandate vaccines for their staff and set a deadline for December 8, 2021. According to Reuters, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeffrey Zients spoke to the chief executives of multiple airlines. Such airlines include American Airlines, Delta and Southwest.

An anonymous source told Reuters that Zients is working with executives to develop a plan to enforce vaccine requirements ahead of the deadline. Large US airlines are part of federal contracts, recently made privy to new COVID restrictions via an executive order by President Biden. His order mandates that all federal contractors require vaccines for their employees ahead of December 8, 2021.

American Airlines announced Friday that over 100,000 of its employees would need to be vaccinated but did not specify a deadline and allow medical and religious exemptions.

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