- On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott banned any entity from imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
- Two main airways, American Airways and Southwest, are headquartered in Texas.
- On Tuesday, each airways mentioned they’d nonetheless require COVID-19 vaccines.
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Southwest and American Airways, each based mostly out of Texas, mentioned they’d nonetheless mandate COVID-19 vaccines a day after Gov. Greg Abbott signed an govt order banning any entity from requiring the vaccine.
“We’re reviewing all steerage issued on the vaccine and are conscious of the current Order by Governor Abbott. Based on the President’s Government Order, federal motion supersedes any state mandate or regulation, and we’d be anticipated to adjust to the President’s Order to stay compliant as a federal contractor,” Southwest spokesperson Brandy King mentioned in a press release to Insider. “We are going to proceed to observe all Orders intently and maintain our Workers up to date on any potential adjustments to present insurance policies.”
King was referencing a requirement issued by President Joe Biden’s administration final month that requires federal contractors to be vaccinated towards COVID-19 by December 8.
In a press release to Insider, an American Airways consultant mentioned they’re additionally reviewing Abbott’s govt order, however for now they “consider the federal vaccine mandate supersedes any conflicting state legal guidelines, and this doesn’t change something for American.”
On Monday, Abbott referred to as on the state legislature to go a regulation banning any entity, together with personal companies, from imposing COVID-19 vaccine necessities.
In a press briefing on Tuesday, White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned Abbott’s govt order and people prefer it “match a well-known sample that we have seen of placing politics forward of public well being.”
Psaki mentioned the administration intends to “implement and proceed to work to implement” vaccine requirement “throughout the nation, together with within the states the place there are makes an attempt to oppose them.”
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