Psaki Says All Federal Employees Have 75 Days to Get Vaccinated Or Face Getting FIRED: Unions Say They Were Kept OUT of Negotiations On New Mandate And Their Workers ‘Deserve a Voice’
- Psaki Says All Federal Employees Have 75 Days to Get Vaccinated Or Face Getting FIRED: Unions Say They Were Kept OUT of Negotiations On New Mandate And Their Workers ‘Deserve a Voice’
by EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
* President Joe Biden will require all federal workers to be vaccinated, a part of a series of new mandates he’ll push in a major speech on the COVID pandemic
* Workers will not be given the option of testing out
* There will be limited exceptions but any federal employee who refuses the shot can be fired, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday
* Federal employees and contractors will have 75 days to get vaccinated
* The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union of federal workers, said they would bargain on order
* ‘Workers deserve a voice in their working conditions,’ the group said
* Biden’s remarks come as COVID cases continue to rise due to Delta variant
* He will address six areas where his administration can push for more Americans to get vaccinated
* Speech is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET
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