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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Clothing brand Carhartt in conservative crosshairs for issuing vaccine directive

A sign left behind outside the Michigan State Capitol building after an anti-vaccine protest in August 2021.
A sign left behind outside the Michigan State Capitol building after an anti-vaccine protest in August 2021. Photograph: Seth Herald/Reuters

Carhartt, the Michigan-based workwear company, is facing a wave of conservative backlash after its CEO announced that it will keep its vaccination mandate, despite a recent supreme court decision to block a federal mandate that would require businesses with over 100 employees to get vaccinated or take weekly Covid-19 tests.

In an email sent to employees last Friday, Mark Valade said that Covid-19 vaccinations remain mandatory. “We put workplace safety at the very top of our priority list and the supreme court’s recent ruling doesn’t impact that core value,” Valade wrote.

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