{"id":45993,"date":"2021-10-28T18:39:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/28\/defense-firms-face-worker-losses-as-companies-impose-federal-vaccine-mandate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:39:30","slug":"defense-firms-face-worker-losses-as-companies-impose-federal-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/10\/28\/defense-firms-face-worker-losses-as-companies-impose-federal-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense firms face worker losses as companies impose federal vaccine mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Defense firms are warning they expect to lose employees who refuse to comply with a federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/10\/07\/defense-industrial-base-awaits-vaccine-mandate-guidance-that-could-determine-layoffs-contract-extensions\/\" target=\"_blank\">COVID vaccination requirement for contractors<\/a>, due to take effect in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days after Raytheon Technologies chief executive Greg Hayes said the the company may lose \u201cseveral thousand\u201d workers due to the mandate, Northrop Grumman chief executive Kathy Warden said Thursday the company is still assessing potential losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s really too early to predict what those impacts might be, until we have a better sense of not just the pure quantity<b> <\/b>of employees who may not meet their requirements, but where they work and what they do in our company,\u201d Warden said on the company\u2019s quarterly earnings call. \u201cWe are proactively increasing our hiring now, in anticipation that we may have some loss of workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Republican lawmakers have urged the White House to reverse course, suggesting the mandate will result in defense supply chain disruptions and damage national security. The House Armed Services Committee\u2019s ranking member, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and 10 of his colleagues released a letter warning the mandate could yield cost and schedule overruns on key contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe strongly urge you to reconsider the manner in which you are seeking to address this issue so as not to harm the livelihood of civilian contractors, industry partners, and strategic goals of our armed services,\u201d they said in the Oct. 22 letter to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee member Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his own letter cautioned that workforce reductions at defense firms could worsen defense supply chain problems. He noted Alabama alone employed nearly 100,000 federal contractors in 2020, and \u201cmore than 5,000 contractors who support the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey provide capabilities to the Pentagon that are often difficult to replicate. Losing any sizable share of a small firms\u2019 workforce means a direct reduction in the \u2018economy and efficiency\u2019 that your Order purports to seek to advance. When these firms are unable to perform, our country is at risk,\u201d Tuberville said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/coronavirus\/2021\/09\/20\/new-vaccine-mandate-raises-questions-for-defense-contractors\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1333995882.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New vaccine mandate raises questions for defense contractors<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The new federal vaccine requirement announced by President Joe Biden has fueled questions from employers, including defense contractors, about how the mandate will work and whether they could lose employees as a result.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration is expected to soon release details about implementing the mandate, which Biden issued Sept. 9. He has said companies with at least 100 employees will have to require all their employees be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. The mandate for federal contractors goes into effect in Dec. 8, and it does not have a testing option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employees of some federal contractors have been protesting what they see as federal overreach into private lives. This month saw 100 shipbuilders protest outside the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine, more than 150 General Electric workers stage a walkout in Greenville, S.C., and more than 1,000 Ingalls Shipbuilding workers and their family members rally in Pascagoula, Miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For its part, the Pentagon had yet to see any disruptions related to the mandate, but it was in close touch with its vendors and ready to support the mandate, spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a Thursday hearing on military depots, Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., raised concerns about the potential firings or early retirements of skilled depot workers who refuse to get the vaccine and the subsequent loss of institutional knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m concerned that if we start having firings, and with the organic industrial base that\u2019s already limping in some ways, that\u2019s not going to make the situation any better,\u201d Lamborn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Morani, the acting assistant secretary of defense for sustainment, said at the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee hearing the Defense Logistics Agency expects about 1,000 employees to ask for a medical or religious accommodation to not receive the vaccine. So far, he said, people seeking accommodations appear to be more likely to do so on religious grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he noted that the department will have escalating disciplinary actions for those who do not comply with the vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, he said, there is still time to educate workers on the importance of being vaccinated, and the risks of remaining unvaccinated. Some may decide to take the vaccine when it becomes clear their job is at risk, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are early in the process, we want to let the process work,\u201d Morani said. \u201cNo one is going to be fired on [Nov.] 22nd,\u201d the deadline for civilian defense employees to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lamborn said the department should also allow those who previously had COVID to be excepted from the vaccine requirement, saying they have a natural immunity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in August its study showed vaccination offers higher protection against the disease than having a previous infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, the White House\u2019s coronavirus response coordinator, Jeff Zients, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/10\/27\/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-64\/\">signaled <\/a>the Biden administration could be flexible as it enforces the president\u2019s executive order requiring federal workers and government contractors to vaccinate their workers. He downplayed the possibility of workforce disruptions, saying enforcement would be gradual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese processes play out across weeks, not days. And so, to be clear, we\u2019re creating flexibility within the system. We\u2019re offering people multiple opportunities to get vaccinated,\u201d Zients said. \u201cThere is not a cliff here. And the purpose, I think, most importantly, is to get people vaccinated and protected, not to punish them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Hayes, the Raytheon chief, said in a CNBC interview that 83 percent of the company\u2019s roughly 125,000 U.S. employees are already vaccinated while another 6 percent are \u201cin the process of being vaccinated.\u201d Another 3 percent is seeking religious or medical exemptions, while the remaining 3 percent said they don\u2019t intend to receive the vaccine. (A Raytheon spokesman said the figures are approximate.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, we\u2019re going to be faced on Dec. 8 with a choice. We\u2019re going to potentially lose several thousand people who refuse to be vaccinated,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cNow, this is a tough thing, but we are preparing for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company, which issued a companywide mandate requiring vaccination by Jan. 1, has already begun hiring people to fill the upcoming vacancies, Hayes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is among business groups that have asked for a delay of the mandate until after the holiday season in meetings with the White House Office of Management and Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some defense industry groups have warned the White House that small defense firms would be the hardest hit by the vaccine mandate. The National Defense Industrial Association said it has asked for testing and remote work as alternatives to vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe overarching message coming out of these calls [with the White House] is that the administration is willing to take the risk of companies losing some employees,\u201d the chairman of NDIA\u2019s board, Arnold Punaro, said in a letter to members this month. \u201cThey believe from their data that there will be \u2018noise up front and compliance in the back\u2019 as this directive is implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause we know your workforce is your most valuable asset and one that is not easily replaced, NDIA does not agree unnecessarily losing employees is an acceptable risk to our companies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense firms 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