When Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, unsupported claims blaming vaccine mandates began taking off as well.
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Meanwhile, speculation from prominent Conservative politicians and pundits has flooded into the void. Many shared the unsubstantiated theory — but few provided details, facts or examples — of employees walking off the job to protest the vaccine mandate. Rep. Andy Biggs and Sen. Ron Johnson also posted the rumors on social media, without offering proof.
Some Twitter users connected Southwest’s flight problems to news that the Southwest Airlines Pilots Assn. had asked a federal judge in Dallas on Friday to block the airline’s vaccine mandate. The union asserted that, under federal labor law, Southwest must bargain with the union before making changes affecting working conditions. The judge has not ruled yet.
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