United Airlines Set To Terminate 593 Vaccine Refusers

The Washington Post reports:

Nearly all of United Airlines’ U.S.-based employees have been vaccinated, the company said Tuesday, touting the success of its policy after becoming the first U.S. carrier to require the vaccine among its workforce.

United’s deadline for meeting the requirement was Monday, and the carrier said Tuesday it has begun the process of terminating 593 employees who declined to be vaccinated and did not apply for a health or religious exemption. The company said less than 3 percent of its roughly 67,000 workforce applied for exemptions, while 1 percent didn’t comply.

“This is a historic achievement for our airline and our employees as well as for the customers and communities we serve,” chief executive Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart wrote in a memo to employees.

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Less than 1% refused — great success @United in getting the workforce vaccinated — a massive jump in the vaccination rate due to a vaccine requirement. https://t.co/gLmICQqIve

— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) September 28, 2021