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United Airlines’ workers challenge against vaccine mandate rejected
A U.S. appeals court has denied an injunction request by six employees seeking to block United Airlines’ Covid-19 vaccine mandate for workers.
The New Orleans 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the emergency request for the injunction.
The employees had appealed a November ruling by a federal judge which found the airline’s policy appeal was not unlawful.
United was the first major airline to impose a vaccine mandate.
United said it has given around 2,000 religious and medical exemptions to workers in customer-facing roles including flight attendants and customer service agents, as well as plots.
The employees argued that United had put them in an ‘impossible position’ by forcing them to choose between receiving a vaccine or facing unpaid leave.
The original ruling by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Texas last month was critical of United’s policy to employees seeking religious exemptions but it was not illegal.
The six workers had cited religious objections to the vaccine and tried to argue that United violated part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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