AT&T to require union workers to get COVID-19 vaccine

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FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 2019, record photo, an AT&T logo sits supra an entranceway to a building, successful Boston. The telecom institution said Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that its employees successful the Communications Workers of America national volition beryllium required to beryllium afloat vaccinated by Feb. 1, 2022, “unless they get an approved occupation accommodation.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Posted at 7:50 PM, Sep 29, 2021

and past updated 2021-09-29 20:50:48-04

AT&T announced Wednesday that it's extending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to see employees who are represented by the Communications Workers of America union.

The Associated Press reports that the national represents astir 90,000 AT&T employees.

AT&T already had a vaccine mandate successful spot for management. It requires them to beryllium afloat vaccinated by Oct. 11.

Union employees volition person until Feb. 1, 2022, to go afloat vaccinated, "unless they get an approved occupation accommodation."

Employees who garbage to get the vaccine by Feb. 1 volition get a 60-day unpaid "reconsideration period," The Associated Press reports.

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