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United Airlines is going forward with plans to terminate hundreds of workers who failed to meet the company's COVID-19 vaccination deadline, United officials said Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The airline had said last month that it would require vaccination of its 67,000 U.S. employees, according to the outlet. The company is beginning the process of cutting loose 593 people who failed to get the vaccination, company officials said, according to the Journal, though the employees could retain their positions if they decide to get vaccinated prior to their official termination meetings.

The impending firings pertain to workers who decided not to get vaccinated, the outlet noted. Around 2,000 employees pursued religious or medical exemptions, United officials said, according to the outlet. While the company had planned to place workers who obtained the exemptions on unpaid leave beginning Saturday, it has shoved this back until Oct. 15 as it grapples with a lawsuit, according to the Journal.

"In early August, United rolled out one of the most comprehensive employee vaccination policies in the country. Now, about seven weeks later, we're proud to announce that more than 99% of our U.S.-based employees chose to get vaccinated, excluding those who submitted for an accommodation," the company's Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart wrote in a letter to employees.

"For those who submitted for a medical or religious accommodation, we have extended the deadline for implementing the accommodations in light of a pending court case," they wrote. "Lastly, for the less than 1% of people who decided not to get vaccinated, we'll unfortunately begin the process of separation from the airline per our policy."

United Airlines is going forward with plans to terminate hundreds of workers who failed to meet the company's COVID-19 vaccination deadline, United officials said Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The airline had said last month that it would require vaccination of its 67,000 U.S. employees, according to the outlet. The company is beginning the process of cutting loose 593 people who failed to get the vaccination, company officials said, according to the Journal, though the employees could retain their positions if they decide to get vaccinated prior to their official termination meetings. The impending firings pertain to workers who decided not to get vaccinated, the outlet noted. Around 2,000 employees pursued religious or medical exemptions, United officials said, according to the outlet. While the company had planned to place workers who obtained the exemptions on unpaid leave beginning Saturday, it has shoved this back until Oct. 15 as it grapples with a lawsuit, according to the Journal. "In early August, United rolled out one of the most comprehensive employee vaccination policies in the country. Now, about seven weeks later, we're proud to announce that more than 99% of our U.S.-based employees chose to get vaccinated, excluding those who submitted for an accommodation," the company's Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart wrote in a letter to employees. "For those who submitted for a medical or religious accommodation, we have extended the deadline for implementing the accommodations in light of a pending court case," they wrote. "Lastly, for the less than 1% of people who decided not to get vaccinated, we'll unfortunately begin the process of separation from the airline per our policy."

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[–] • 2 pts

Supposedly Biden’s mandates will effect 80 to 100 million let’s say 10 million refuse and get fired, another 5 million are put out on unpaid leave. Those are huge numbers and with no unemployment they’ll end up crashing the housing markets, bankruptcies, credit card debt wiped out.

Then businesses lose money from customers who no longer have money and are living in a tent because of an deadly experimental cold vaccine.

[–] • 1 pt

Spot on. These people aren't idiots so we must conclude it's planned. Most important thing that needs to be revealed is who ultimately rigged the election. From where I sit it's a foreign entity as no American would do what this illegitimate administration is currently doing.

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That foreign government is having its own problem called evergrade. Looks like they screwed then selves also.

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I know they say Obummer and China are pulling the strings on Byeden but the real puppet masters never want to be seen. So we need to look to Europe. Ex. City of London, Switzerland Banking and UN orgs. and the whopper....Rome.

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I think you’re greatly overestimating the amount of people who will get fired over the vaccine when push comes to shove.

A lot of people claim they’ll never take it, but then feel like they have no choice but to take to to feed their family, keep their house, etc.

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So with United as an example you’re talking 3.2 to 4 million people with 80 to 100 million.

That’s a lot of people losing jobs in the next month or two.

Unemployment is roughly 8 million now so it would be 1.5 times higher at 12 million and none of those 3.2 to 4 million will be receiving benefits.