My employees were heroes last year, now COVID-19 mandate might force them out of a job

Americans shouldn’t have the government forcing them to choose between their jobs and making what they believe is the right decision for their health.

As the second-generation owner of a modestly sized grocery chain in Louisiana, I’m grateful to be living the American dream. That dream took on new meaning last year when supermarket workers across our country were hailed as heroes and essential workers for showing up to their jobs to serve customers every day in the face of a scary, unknown virus. I am humbled to employ hundreds of these heroes. It is no small thing for me to be able to help their families live out their own versions of the American dream. But now I am faced with an incomprehensible choice imposed upon me by the federal government: Force these workers, whose dedication and skills have fueled my business’ success, to take a COVID-19 vaccine, submit to weekly testing at either my or their expense – or show them the door. I simply will not do it. It’s immoral. It’s infeasible. And it’s illegal. Which is why I have asked a national law firm, the Liberty Justice Center, and the Louisiana-based Pelican Institute for Public Policy to sue the federal government on my behalf…. (Excerpts from the USA Today)