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A March survey from placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that 97% of companies would not require vaccinations, although 57% said they would strongly encourage workers to receive it, and nearly 40% were considering incentives like paid time off, gift cards, cash bonuses, free lunches and maskless gathering areas for the vaccinated.
After suffering through COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, the last thing Alicia Solis, a Northglenn resident, wanted to do was catch it again. But trying to line up a vaccination appointment on her own proved more complicated than expected.
So she and her husband showed up on a slushy Monday morning earlier this month at a clinic her employer, Rocky Mountain Janitorial, and her union, Service Employees International Union Local 105, were co-sponsoring.