Southwest CEO says he’s against vaccine
mandates, blames Biden
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/12/2021 2:24:56 PM
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says he’s against making his employees take the COVID-19 vaccine, but President Biden has forced his hand with the federal mandate. “I’ve never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of a mandate. I’m not in favor of that, never have been,” Kelly told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Tuesday regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.(Snip)“The executive order from President Biden mandates that all federal employees and then all federal contractors, which covers all the major airlines, have to have a mandate vaccine in place by Dec. 8 so we’re working through that,” Kelly said. The CEO said Southwest is urging
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federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, defy
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Texas order 21 replies
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Profiles in leadership; pass the buck the second there's blowback, say you were against it before you were for it. How many tens or hundreds of million dollars a year does this joker take in?