The conservative Washington Examiner is demanding that its employees become vaccinated — or face a permanent ban from the kitchen and other crucial office areas.
“All Washington Examiner and MediaDC employees will now be required to be vaccinated for Covid-19,” the publication wrote in a Sunday memo to employees obtained by Mediaite. “All employees must submit an affirmative statement proof of vaccination for Covid-19 to human resources no later than August 9.”
Going forward, the memo said, unvaccinated employees “will be required to wear a mask at all times while in the office, to include workstations and common areas.” It added, “Unvaccinated staff members will not be allowed to use the kitchen areas or be present in any conference room or training room,” the memo added.
Imagine that…
It’s clear that this is going to be the key to getting a whole lot of the laggards vaccinated. It’s one thing to be a Trump voting zealot. It’s quite another to sacrifice your livelihood for him.
Conservatives generally have no problem with coercive employers. It will be interesting to see how they deal with this.