Southwest Caves, Scraps Plan to Put Unvaccinated Workers on Unpaid Leave After Pilots Protest Covid Vax Mandate
Southwest has caved and will not place unvaccinated workers on unpaid leave after the December 8 deadline.
Thousands of Southwest flights were canceled after pilots and employees boycotted the company’s vaccine mandate.
The pilots led the way and sued Southwest.
The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association fought the tyranny in court.
“The new vaccine mandate unlawfully imposes new conditions of employment and the new policy threatens termination of any pilot not fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021,” the legal filing said. “Southwest Airlines’ additional new and unilateral modification of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement is in clear violation of the RLA.”
This photo was just sent to me of a grounded Southwest plane flying a Gadsden flag out of the cockpit.
