Some of Brazoria County’s largest employers are waiting for more information before they decide how to proceed under the pending federal mandate that all their workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, company representatives said.
Among those with a wait-and-see approach are BASF and Ineos, while Chevron Phillips Chemical and Dow Chemical are strongly encouraging employees get vaccinated before the government’s mandate rules are finalized.
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Pure overreach and more power fanatics of the failed Biden administration. But yet he gave Congress exemption to this?? Also no mandate to illegal aliens. This tyrant needs to be impeached
So, what are companies going to when the Democrats start to take them over and nationalize them?
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