US Workers Face Job Losses as COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Kick In

Boeing employees and others line the street with signs and American flags as they protest the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, outside the Boeing facility in Everett, Washington, on Oct. 15, 2021. Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

Thousands of unvaccinated workers across the United States are facing potential job losses as a growing number of states, cities, and private companies start to enforce mandates for inoculation against COVID-19.

In the latest high-profile example, Washington State University (WSU) fired its head football coach and four of his assistants on Monday for failing to comply with the state’s vaccine requirement. The coach, Nick Rolovich, had applied for a religious exemption from the mandate earlier this month.