Hundreds Of Northrup Grumman Employees Protest Vaccine Mandate

HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) — Hundreds of Northrup Grumman employees gathered extracurricular of the company’s Hanover, Maryland installation to protestation the Biden administration’s sweeping national vaccine mandate.

Starting December 8, much than 100 cardinal national employees and contractors are taxable to the vaccine request ordered by the president.

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“There are constricted exceptions, but yeah, the anticipation is that if you privation to enactment successful the national authorities oregon beryllium a contractor, you request to beryllium vaccinated, unless you are eligible for 1 of the exemptions,” White House property caput Jen Psaki told reporters erstwhile the determination was announced successful September.

Workers WJZ talked to said they judge the mandate is unconstitutional.

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“Mandates successful general, upon, you know, escaped citizens of this state is unconstitutional,” said worker Michael Drodes. “And if it starts here, wherever does it end?”

“We person everything against the mandate, said worker Olivia Ravadge. “We should not beryllium forced to enactment thing successful our assemblage that we don’t privation to.”

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Another protestation is scheduled for October 20. Northrup Grumman did not instantly respond to a petition for a statement.

CBS Baltimore Staff