Dozens of GE employees walk out of South Carolina plant in vaccine mandate protest

At least dozens of General Electric employees walked out of a South Carolina factory on Thursday to protest a federal government mandate stating that employees with federal contracts must be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Protesters could be seen carrying signs that said, "Jab or Job. No mandate," "My body, my choice," and "We support GE employees." One quoted the Bible verse 2 Timothy 1:17, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

Two GE employees, Jason Owens and Shannon Harrill, told the Greeneville news that the protest was directed at the vaccine mandate and not their company.