AUSTIN: Companies from American Airlines Group Inc to International Business Machines Corp (IBM) are rebuffing Texas governor Greg Abbott’s order banning private employers from mandating Covid-19 vaccines, instead choosing to follow president Joe Biden’s directive for the shots.
American said that federal rules supersede state ones, so Abbott’s order “does not change anything” for the airline. IBM said that, as a federal contractor, it “must comply with federal requirements.”
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