United Airlines Will Fire 232 Unvaccinated Employees: CEO

United Airlines Will Fire 232 Unvaccinated Employees: CEO
A United Airlines Boeing 737 at the gate at Washington's Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., on March 2, 2021. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images
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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said on Wednesday that the air carrier will fire 232 of its employees for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

United in early August became the first U.S. carrier to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all 67,000 of its domestic employees. It had asked workers to present proof of vaccination against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus by Sept. 27, or face termination.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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