Alaska Airlines will require all employees to take injections of Covid-19 vaccine in order to keep their jobs.
The Seattle-based airlines has not set a firm date for when the requirement will be in effect, but said in an email to employees of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air that they must either take the injection or receive an exemption from the company.
Those with an exemption granted may be required to be tested weekly for Covid or may be assigned different work environments, such as being segregated from other workers. Those who are not willing to take the injection will likely be given unpaid leaves of absence before being “not scheduled” for duty.
The company blames the new rule on the Biden Covid-19 vaccine mandate and says that it has numerous contracts with the federal government, which makes the mandate applicable to the company.
