American Airlines & Southwest to Defy Texas Ban on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Two of the biggest employers in Texas, American Airlines Group AAL, -1.56% and Southwest Airlines Co. LUV, -0.78%, have said they would not follow the executive order signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the Lone Star State, because, as federal contractors, they are bound to comply with President Joe Biden’s requirement.

The news highlights the clash between the Republican governor, who has accused the Biden administration of overreach for mandating vaccines, and private companies, who require greater certainty to operate safely, as the Wall Street Journal reported. Abbott has said vaccination must be voluntary, even though close to 70,000 Texans have died of COVID, and recent fatalities are almost all among unvaccinated people. The state’s vaccination rate of about 50% lags the national average.

A coalition of some 900 companies grouped under the Greater Houston Partnership, including such giants as Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM, +1.50%, JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, +1.21%, Chevron Corp. CVX, +1.95% and Accenture PLC ACN, +1.91%, said Tuesday that Abbott’s order would complicate their efforts to run their businesses safely. The organization has been supportive of Biden’s effort to require vaccines for companies with more than 100 employees.

Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW, and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/american-airlines-and-southwest-to-defy-texas-ban-on-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-as-lines-harden-and-minnesota-becomes-latest-hot-spot-11634137780

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