Another Win – Virginia Shipbuilder With Federal Contracts Reverses Position on Vaccine Mandate, Recalls Employees and Gives Options to Nullify Resignations
November 25, 2021Newport News shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls reverses their position on the vaccine mandate and claims they misinterpreted the federal requirement. After further consultations with the federal government, the shipbuilder now says the vaccine mandate doesn’t apply. “This recent information is different from what we understood to be the government’s and the Navy’s intent,” the company said.
Huntington Ingalls previously said all of its 25,000 workers would need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a “condition of continued employment” due to the vaccine mandate for federal workers and contractors. [Media Link] However, Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin said in a Facebook update Thursday that Huntington Ingalls clarified their Navy contracts “don’t include a vaccine mandate at this time.”
[Via Facebook] President and CEO Mike Petters issued a message to employees Nov. 16 indicating that the government’s Jan. 4, 2022, deadline for vaccination is suspended. The message also clarified that after considerable work with the Navy to meet the intent of the mandate, our Navy contracts with Newport News Shipbuilding do not include a vaccine mandate requirement at this time.
This recent information is different from what we understood to be the government’s and the Navy’s intent. As a result of what we know today, some of the related mandate policies and processes will now change. . .
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/11/25/another-win-virginia-shipbuilder-with-federal-contracts-reverses-position-on-vaccine-mandate-recalls-employees-and-gives-options-to-nullify-resignations/
From this overview, it looks like the employer was crippled from a shortage of workers, so they petitioned the government for a rule (interpretation) change. But the employer should have done this from the start and advocated for its workers instead of going along with government fascism.
The lesson here is that it pays to stand up and refuse the shot. The winners are those who resisted and who are now being offered their jobs back. The losers are those who submitted and took the jab, because that can't be reversed.
