American Postal Workers Union Opposes Mandatory Vaccinations ‘At This Time’

A health care worker administers a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the pandemic in Manhattan on Jan. 29, 2021. Mike Segar/Reuters

The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) has said that it opposes mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, amid reports that the White House is considering so-called vaccine passports as a condition of employment for federal employees.

The union, which represents over 220,000 postal workers, released a statement on July 28 saying that while it will encourage postal workers to get vaccinated against the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19, it’s “not the role of the federal government to mandate vaccinations for the employees we represent.”