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SW Airlines CEO - we will not fire any employees refusing vaccine

Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:16 pm
Posted by Chet Donnely
Member since Sep 2015
1537 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:16 pm
AmGreatness

We’re not going to fire any employees over this. We’re urging all of our employees to get vaccinated. If they can’t get vaccinated, we’re urging them to seek an accommodation, so we’ll do everything we can to support our people here,
Posted by fjlee90
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2016
7837 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:17 pm to
The tide is turning.

More in the private sector need to step up.
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
14013 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:17 pm to
There it is, baws. Start calling their bluff.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
51663 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:17 pm to
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During an interview with ABC News Tuesday, Gary Kelly, the CEO of Southwest Airlines, stated that no employees would be fired over the company’s vaccine mandate. However, the airline announced on October 4 that all 56,000 U.S. Southwest employees needed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 24, or face termination.


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Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16466 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:17 pm to
They might not “fire” them, but they will put them on unpaid leave.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:18 pm to
quote:

More in the private sector need to step up.

This.

They have no real means to compel this mandate to occur. They are counting on fear to ensure compliance. Refuse to give in to that fear.
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
30704 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:19 pm to
How dare he defy King Biden and the Duchess Circle-back of StrawberryShortcake Land.
Posted by kmdawg17
'Murica
Member since Sep 2015
1524 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:20 pm to
Sadly, what some companies are doing is changing their employment statuses to Voluntary Resignation once they hit the deadline and are unvaxxed.


Posted by Chromdome35
NW Arkansas
Member since Nov 2010
6844 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:21 pm to
Interesting, wonder how they will square that with their own previous announcements and the government contractor mandate.

I hope it's not just doubletalk like "We'll get out anyone who wants to get out"
Posted by lsursb
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
11601 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:21 pm to
Hmmmm...I wonder if this will solve all those pesky weather delays from the past few days.
This post was edited on 10/12/21 at 3:23 pm
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79185 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:21 pm to
Now explain this to me like I'm Michael Scott's spermatozoa

Won't OSHA come in as a result?
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
40139 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:21 pm to
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SW Airlines CEO - we will not fire any employees refusing vaccine


1. So it's not a mandate then.

2. Is being afraid of needles a religious thing? Because it is not grounds for a medical exemption.
This post was edited on 10/12/21 at 3:35 pm
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:21 pm to
When few people trained in a very difficult field can control the resources and also set the course for a business’s success and failures — that’s serious stuff and CEO’s better not mess around. This isn’t Hertz or Pizza Hut.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
49384 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:22 pm to
quote:

They might not “fire” them, but they will put them on unpaid leave.



If they are on unpaid leave they still don't have anyone to fly their planes.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
49384 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:23 pm to
quote:

Won't OSHA come in as a result?


As has been stated over and over on this site; There is no mandate through OSHA.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
49384 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:24 pm to
quote:

They have no real means to compel this mandate to occur. They are counting on fear to ensure compliance. Refuse to give in to that fear.



Yep. It takes some people with balls, like the SW pilots, to show the way.
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79185 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:24 pm to
quote:

As has been stated over and over on this site; There is no mandate through OSHA.


THen why the looming threat of OSHA coming in hard? That's where my disconnect comes in.
Posted by mytigger
Member since Jan 2008
14849 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:24 pm to
quote:

There is no mandate through OSHA


Nor do they have the power to make such a mandate.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101466 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:25 pm to
quote:

Won't OSHA come in as a result?


Based on what legislation?
Posted by Figgy
CenCal
Member since May 2020
7203 posts
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:27 pm to
Excellent news. America wins!!
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