President Biden is touring to Chicago on Thursday to speak about vaccine mandates.
Chicago was picked partly as a result of it’s the dwelling of United Airways, one of many first main carriers to require shots for its 67,000 U.S. employees. Different airways have adopted with related necessities, together with American Airways, Southwest, JetBlue and Alaska Airways.
Jeff Zients, the White Home coronavirus response coordinator, announced the trip on Wednesday and stated that Mr. Biden would give attention to the success of vaccine mandates.
Mr. Biden stated final month that he would use his presidential powers to require two-thirds of American staff be vaccinated in opposition to the coronavirus. That included a personal sector to mandate that every one companies with more than 100 workers require vaccination or weekly testing.
He additionally moved to mandate shots for well being care staff, federal contractors and most federal staff, who may face disciplinary measures if they do not want to be inoculated.
Mr. Biden will speak concerning the influence that these necessities are having, Mr. Zients stated.
“We imagine that vaccination necessities at workplaces are very efficient and an environment friendly manner to make sure individuals are vaccinated or examined,” Mr. Zients stated.
United Airways has said that it will terminate about 600 workers for not complying with its vaccination requirement. About 99 % of its U.S. work power has been vaccinated, based on the airline.
