United Worker Fails to Halt Covid Vaccine Mandate, for Now (1)

United Airlines Inc.'s policy that mandates all its employees be vaccinated against Covid-19 and places those with religious exemptions on unpaid leave can go into effect, a federal court in Colorado said.

The decision is at odds with a recent opinion by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which issued a temporary restraining order against the policy in a similar challenge.

United’s employees were given until Oct. 15 to get vaccinated unless they had a valid medical reason or seriously held religious belief against doing so. In that instance, they would be put on unpaid leave ...