Workers face mounting pressure to get their shots — or get fired
CBSN
As many companies impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates, employees who refuse to get jabbed are getting the ax. Employers in the health care and aviation industries have already dismissed thousands of workers who declined to get inoculated.
This week, Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New York, said it fired 1,400 employees, who make up less than 2% of its staff, for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Both the company and the state of New York have vaccine mandates in place. New York requires its more than 650,000 hospital and nursing home workers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or else lose their jobs.
After unvaccinated employees were dismissed, Northwell announced a 100% vaccination rate among its roughly 76,000 employees.
