Thousands of Texans’ Jobs at Risk

[Elderberry]

Texas Scorecard by Griffin White October 21, 2021

Thousands of Texan railroad workers are facing termination for refusal of the COVID vaccine.

President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring all government contractors to fully vaccinate their employees by November 22 has continued to have negative consequences across Texas and the nation. Hundreds of boats are stuck, awaiting entry to various ports. Pilots refusing to fly has led to thousands of flight cancellations. And now, another critical piece of American transportation infrastructure is being affected—the railroad.

Although the railway does not necessarily count as a federal contractor, they would be required to fully vaccinate their thousands of employees under a forthcoming OSHA rule also requested by President Biden. In response to the heavy-handed move from the federal government, Union Pacific made a “unilateral” decision to require all of their employees to vaccinate.

In a 2020 report, Union Pacific accounted for 6,355 miles of railroads, billions of dollars of economic exchange, and 5,517 employees in Texas alone.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/union-pacifics-vaccine-mandate-puts-thousands-of-texans-jobs-at-risk/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I hear the sound of Unions grumbling, which will not be pleasant for UP nor the Dems

[Fishrrman]

The problem with firing too many engineers or conductors is that both crafts now carry "certification" (in other words, "licensing") per the federal government. You can't take one guy "out of the seat" and just put another one in, unless that replacement is also "certified"...