Daily Mail:
- President Joe Biden will require all federal workers to be vaccinated, a part of a series of new mandates he’ll push in a major speech on the COVID pandemic
- Workers will not be given the option of testing out
- There will be limited exceptions but any federal employee who refuses the shot can be fired, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday
- Federal employees and contractors will have 75 days to get vaccinated
- The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union of federal workers, said they weren’t consulted on the order
- ‘Workers deserve a voice in their working conditions,’ the group said
- Biden’s remarks come as COVID cases continue to rise due to Delta variant
- He will address six areas where his administration can push for more Americans to get vaccinated
- Speech is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET
