Hundreds of Google Employees Sign Manifesto Against Vaccine Mandate

As coronavirus cases still surge, several hundred employees at tech giant Google have signed a manifesto against the the widening vaccine mandate according to CNBC.
CNBC has seen internal communications that revealed the employees are opposing the company’s vaccine mandate.

The Biden administration has ordered U.S. companies with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4th of 2022.

Google has asked its more than 150,000 employees to upload their vaccination status to its internal systems by Dec. 3, whether they plan on coming into the office or not, according to the internal documents.

The company has also said that all employees who work directly or indirectly with government contracts must be vaccinated — even if they are working from home.
“Vaccines are key to our ability to enable a safe return to office for everyone and minimize the spread of Covid-19 in our communities,” wrote Chris Rackow, Google VP of security in an October e-mail.

The manifesto within the company has been signed by at least 600 Google employees and asks company leaders to retract the vaccine mandate and create a new one that is “inclusive of all Googlers.”

It argues that leadership’s decision will have outsized influence in corporate America and calls on employees to “oppose the mandate as a matter of principle” and tells employees to not let the policy alter their decision if they’ve already chosen not to receive the Covid-19 shot.

A Google spokesperson has said, “As we’ve stated to all our employees and the author of this document, our vaccination requirements are one of the most important ways we can keep our workforce safe and keep our services running. We firmly stand behind our vaccination policy.”

“I believe that Sundar’s Vaccine Mandate is deeply flawed,” the manifesto reads, calling company leadership “coercive” and “the antithesis of inclusion.”

“It normalizes medical intervention compulsion not only for Covid-19 vaccination but for future vaccines and possibly even non-vaccine interventions by extension. It justifies the principle of division and unequal treatment of Googlers based on their personal beliefs and decisions. The implications are chilling. Due to its presence as an industry leader, Google’s mandate will influence companies around the world to consider these as acceptable tradeoffs,” said the author of the manifesto in regards to the vaccine mandate.

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