The American Trucking Associations warned that the industry could lose as much as 37 percent of its workforce.
's directive requiring businesses employing more than 100 workers to implement vaccine mandates or have unvaccinated workers be tested weekly will go into effect January 4, the administration said Thursday. And that mandate does not include an exemption for the nation's truckers.Thursday that the nation's largest trucking companies will not be exempt from Biden's policy.
"While much of the country was sequestered in their homes, the trucking industry served its essential function and did so successfully with safety standards developed by public health experts," ATA President Chris Spear said in an October 21 letter."Now placing vaccination mandates on employers, which in turn force employees to be vaccinated, will create a workforce crisis for our industry and the communities, families and businesses we serve.
"So they are much lower risk for transmission than, say office workers or healthcare workers," Bevan continued.
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