Big trucking and logistics groups are joining the legal challenge to vaccine mandates while freight companies move cautiously on requirements in their own operations
and others that manage warehouse staffers, truck drivers and other employees across logistics networks in general aren’t requiring employees outside of some office workers to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Many firms say they are encouraging staffers to get vaccinated while mandating protection measures in workplaces.
Transport Services Inc. Chief Operating Officer Nick Hobbs said during a conference hosted by financial services firm Robert W. Baird & Co. on Tuesday. “It’s still going to cause a lot of disruption if that vaccine mandate stands.”Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology.The Lowell, Ark.
Freight transportation and logistics companies, which have operated throughout the pandemic, have varying programs involving masking and social distancing but generally haven’t required that employees be vaccinated. Amazon, which has about one million employees in the U.S. and large numbers in its sprawling network of fulfillment centers, told warehouse staffers they couldif they are fully vaccinated starting Nov. 2 unless federal, state or local laws say otherwise.
Some Penske Logistics Inc. employees making deliveries to hospitals have had to be vaccinated to meet hospital mandates, but the Reading, Pa.-based logistics provider isn’t requiring its workers more generally to get vaccines, said a spokesperson. “We plan to offer employees the option to be vaccinated or to comply with weekly testing,” as outlined in the federal order, the spokesperson said in a statement.
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