Texas Companies Are Stuck Between Mandates. What Now?

Texas-based American Airways Group Inc., the most important U.S. airline, and Southwest Airways Co., the fourth largest, aren’t ready for OSHA to problem guidelines. Each corporations stated Oct. 12 they’ll observe Biden’s mandate, defying Abbott’s order and braving a $1,000 state advantageous. American, which had 117,400 employees nationwide on the finish of June, and Southwest, which had about 54,500, each have federal contracts to move workers and items. Many different massive Texas-based corporations, together with AT&T Inc., are rolling out company-wide Covid vaccine necessities, and well being methods comparable to Houston Methodist have had them in place for a while. Some massive oil and fuel corporations with operations in Texas, comparable to Royal Dutch Shell Plc, stated they have been nonetheless evaluating Abbott’s ban, and others, together with Valero Vitality Corp., declined to remark.