{"id":3229,"date":"2021-11-05T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/us-carriers-warn-end-of-contracts-over-vaccine-mandate\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:43:50","slug":"us-carriers-warn-end-of-contracts-over-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/us-carriers-warn-end-of-contracts-over-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"US Carriers Warn: End of Contracts Over Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trucking companies that provide services for government agencies in the aerospace, distribution, defense are warning the Biden administration they will not be able to meet the vaccine deadline, reports Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Politico, American Trucking Associations\u2019 executive vice president for advocacy Bill Sullivan said that some trucking companies may simply decide that the cost of the mandate is not worth doing business with the government.<\/p>\n

He said that if companies drop their contracts, it may be harder to get certain foods to troops, transport fuel for military vehicles, or even deploy the National Guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am confident but with heavy heart recognize a vaccine mandate will mean less capacity for the government as a customer of freight,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has the potential to seriously impact military readiness.\u201d His association has also warned that it could also delay deliveries to consumers during the holiday season. \u201cI feel like the president has tried to be beautifully simple like this could apply to everybody, and by doing that, there will be an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Companies with 100 or more employees will be required to\u00a0comply with President Joe Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate<\/a>\u00a0by no later than Jan. 4, 2022, according to the\u00a0Emergency Temporary Standard that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is expected to\u00a0publish in the\u00a0<\/a>Federal Register<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Friday, Nov. 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interviews with more than a dozen industry advocates across the aerospace, distribution, defense and trucking sectors \u2014 some of whom have also been in discussions with administration officials \u2014 reveal they either have little confidence they will be able to meet the Dec. 8 deadline for their workers to receive their first vaccine shot or expressed concerns about difficulties the mandate would pose on their labor force.<\/p>\n

Both the trucking industry and airline cargo industry have directly asked the Biden administration to postpone its deadline or make an exemption for their employees.<\/p>\n

Among the requests from federal contractors: an extension of the deadline into 2022, considering allowing a test-out option for federal contractor employees, and eliminating the requirements altogether.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just going to become extremely challenging if they don\u2019t bend,\u201d an official with a major distribution company said of the White House.<\/p>\n

Full Politico story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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