United CEO confirms 232 employees are being fired for not complying with its vaccine mandate [View all]

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United CEO confirms 232 employees are being fired for not complying with its vaccine mandate

Thomas Pallini
Wed, October 13, 2021, 10:31 AM · 3 min read

-- United Airlines is in the process of terminating 232 employees that haven't received the COVID-19 vaccine.

-- CEO Scott Kirby said that 99.7% of United's 67,000 US employees have been vaccinated.

-- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order likely won't affect United since nearly all workers are vaccinated.

United Airlines is currently in the process of terminating its remaining US employees that are unvaccinated against COVID-19. A total of 232 employees in the US have chosen not to be vaccinated, CEO Scott Kirby told CBS Mornings, out of the airline's 67,000.

"I wish we would have gotten to 100% but out of our 67,000 US employees, there are 232 who haven't been vaccinated and they are going through the termination process now," Kirby said on Wednesday.

United was the first US airline to mandate vaccines when it announced in August that employees would have until October 25 or five weeks from the first full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine from the Food and Drug Administration, whichever came first. Pfizer's vaccine was given that approval on August 23, starting the clock for United employees.

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