EXCLUSIVE: ATCO Drops Vaccine Policy While 31 Employees Who Lost Jobs Continue Lawsuit

Matthew McCarthy, former senior distribution field manager for ATCO, who lost his job after 18 years of employment for not complying with mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policies. Courtesy of Matthew McCarthy

ATCO, the Calgary-based electricity and natural gas provider, announced it will be dropping its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for all employees, contractors, and future hires, effective Dec. 31, in an email sent to ATCO employees on Dec. 21 and obtained by The Epoch Times.

The mandatory vaccine policy will have been in effect one full year, since Jan. 1. ATCO will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination after the last day of the year, states the email, and “new employees and contractors hired after December 31 will not be required to declare their vaccination status as a condition of employment.”