workers is united airlines i spoke exclusively with united s ceo scott kirby and asked him about that new policy we are now going to require all employees to get vaccinated atlater of r 25th or 45 days after the fda has final authorization for the vaccine. some companies and organizations are saying get the vaccination or be tested regularly are you offering that option or are you simply saying either be vaccinated or move on and leave the company? we are not offering a testing option, and it s because safety is our number one priority at united airlines, and we don t compromise on safety and it s clear the data, the evidence is unequivocal that getting vaccinated is what is safest for each individual and safest for their coworkers. and because of that, we re going to require everyone to be vaccinated if they work at united airlines how long has this been under consideration, and what was the tipping point here we ve been thinking about it and talking about it with our employ
but some of them have taken a stance and said we don t want our members to be forced to be vaccinated. and some unions in fact have said we don t even want this vaccination or frequent testing option unless we get overtime pay or what have you. that s the case for the paramedics union, for example, in new york city. so yes, some unions have stood in the way. i think frankly this is completely ill-advised. it s jeopardizing public health. it s jeopardizing their own members. it s jeopardizing their political influence. but it doesn t mean some of them aren t doing it perhaps because they do have members who are cranks or want more money or they re using it as an excuse to negotiate for other kinds of perks. your answer to my why question, the bottom line, makes total sense. but i can t believe that if catherine rampell is calling upon these companies and saying why this duality, i can t believe that would be their rationale. what s their spin? it depends on who you ask.
vaccination or frequent testing option unless we get overtime pay or what have you. that s the case for the paramedics union, for example, in new york city. so yes, some unions have stood in the way. i think frankly this is completely ill-advised. it s jeopardizing public health. it s jeopardizing their own members. it s jeopardizing their political influence. but it doesn t mean some of them aren t doing it perhaps because they do have members who are cranks or want more money or they re using it as an excuse to negotiate for other kinds of perks. your answer to my why question, the bottom line, makes total sense. but i can t believe that if catherine rampell is calling upon these companies and saying why this duality, i can t believe that would be their rationale. what s their spin? it depends on who you ask. they re basically saying, look, we re taking it slow, we are trying to follow whatever the local public health guidelines are, which is kind of a
so andrew cuomo is talking about what he s calling dramati action tonight, mandating vaccines for frontline healthcare workers of state hospitals without any weekly testing option. we have the story from new york city. good evening, alex. good evening, shannon. andrew cuomo laid out his plans to bring them community transmission, calling this a pivotal moment in today s news, storing some strong opinions. a new deadline of labor day, governor warner most is that al 130,000 new york state employee will need to get the test. going a step further saying tha all hospital workers be inoculated. there for me but testing option for patience facing healthcare workers. that is a point of contact that could be a serious spreading event and we want to make sure that those healthcare workers are vaccinated.
vaccinated. if some are hesitant, we ll explain why they need to be vaccinated. it will all work, people will listen to us. what they re learning is, no, people aren t listening. first people weren t getting vaccinated because they can t find the vaccine or don t want to take a day off of work. no, that was not the reason. they re not being vaccinated because they re listening to nonsense from their neighbors and social media about this vaccine instead of people who actually know what they re talking about. let s take a look at the tweet governor cuomo put out. he wrote, our health care workers carried us through this pandemic and we owe it to them to do what we can to keep delta under control. new york state will require patient-facing health care workers to get vaccinated to help keep both patients and workers safe. for federal workers, it was announced that you could get vaccinated or take a test once a week. it will be interesting to see if they keep that testing option. there wa