Biden enlists business leaders in campaign for vax mandates – By Kate Marino (Axios) / Sept 16 2021
President Biden convened a meeting of top business leaders Wednesday to build support for a sweeping vaccine mandate that will affect most of America’s workers. The message: Vaccines work, and the stalled uptake is holding back the economy.
Why it matters: As vaccine rates have flattened across the country, business leaders have the power to impact their employees’ decisions. Many corporate leaders had been looking for stronger federal guidance to lean on.
- “Everyone present was lauding the government [for] giving us employers a level playing field,” Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle, who attended the meeting, told CNBC.
- Columbia’s stores are located in numerous geographical areas with different rules as it relates to the pandemic. “How are we supposed to manage that? This is a point of clarity … it’s a path forward,” Boyle said.
