United says 273 employees reported they were vaccinated after the company said they would be fired

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

over the company's strict vaccine mandate

Nearly half of United Airlines' unvaccinated workers have now provided proof of inoculation since facing termination, the carrier said Thursday.

United has the strictest employee vaccination policy of any airline in the US. On Wednesday, United announced over 99% of its 67,000-strong US workforce was vaccinated against COVID-19, minus the 3%, or roughly 2,000 employees, who applied for religious or medical exemptions and are still going to work. The airline's policy, established on August 6, said all nonexempt workers were required to be vaccinated by September 27 or be fired.

All but 593 employees were inoculated by the deadline, and United said it would begin the separation process on Thursday for unvaccinated nonexempt workers. But since Wednesday's announcement, the number of employees without proof of inoculation dropped to 320, declining by nearly half.

According to United, the reduction is driven mainly by employees uploading their vaccination cards late, and management expects the number to decrease more after individual meetings with employees find they are actually vaccinated.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/united-says-273-employees-reported-they-were-vaccinated-after-the-company-said-they-would-be-fired-over-the-company-s-strict-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAP0Bpu

Sometimes you need to use some tough love.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. I'm wondering how many vaccination cards are fraudulent.

[Raftergirl]

3. I'm sure the check.

All the states have everyone’s vax info in their data bases.

[in2herbs]

2. No religious exemptions should be given.

[Scrivener7]

4. This chicken playing is a pain in the ass, but it works. Anecdotal reports coming in from

my NYC Dept of Education friends is showing the same thing. Since last week, when it became clear that people really ARE going to be fired, lots of the holdouts have gotten vaxxed.

[emmaverybo]

5. Sometimes the carrot, but in this case, the stick. Thanks Biden. NT

[lostnfound]

6. No doubt saved some lives. Nt

[Hekate]

7. When and if I fly again, I'll consider United more favorably. nt

[DFW]

8. It doesn't even sound like the love was very tough

I'll bet most of them, after their vaccinations, ended up saying, "I was making such a big deal over THAT?"