The new date is Dec 14, 2021.
The railroad said Tuesday that it was suspending a requirement for employees to be fully vaccined against Covid-19 by early January in order to stave off a reduction in service as fewer than 500 employees remain unvaccinated.
A conductor is about to leave an Amtrak train at Union Station in Washington, D.C.
The images are from the same company.
The news that unvaccinated workers are required to submit Covid-19 tests and that they will be placed on leave if they don't comply was first reported by the news agency.
Flynn said the company adjusted its vaccine policy after a federal judge halted the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
Less than 500 of the railroad's more than 17,500 employees are unvaccinated, according to the memo, because nearly 98% of Amtrak employees are fully vaccined.
Flynn said that Amtrak still wants to get all of its employees vaccine free.
The vaccine mandate for federal contractors is not currently in effect, according to the memo.
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The vaccine mandate for federal contractors takes effect on January 4th, and that's when the testimony was given by Gardner. The railroad has seen a drop in employees due to retirements and resignations.
The quote is crucial.
Flynn said in Tuesday's memo that they do not anticipate having system-wide service impacts in January.
Surprising fact.
The board of directors of Amtrak is appointed by the president, but it is an independent agency and a for-profit company. The railroad was created by Congress in 1970 after private railroad companies lost money for years.
The U.S. passenger railroad suspends vaccine mandates for employees.
The judge temporarily blocks the vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
The hiring halt and the expected cut in service are related to the vaccine requirement.
The report says that 90 percent of federal employees are at least partially vaccinated.
