AT&T announced on Wednesday that it would require most of its unionized employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering the workplace.
The wireless carrier, one the largest employers of union-represented workers, said in a statement that employees who were members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union must be fully vaccinated by February 1, 2022.
CWA represents more than 150,000 staff at AT&T, the union says on its website.
This follows a mandate implemented in August that required most of AT&T’s management employees to be vaccinated by October 11.
Insider has reached out to CWA for comment on the mandate.
AT&T said in its latest annual report that it had around 230,000 employees as of January 31, and that as of that date, just over a third were unionized. These workers were represented by the CWA and other unions, it said.