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Federal workers offer first test of Biden vaccine mandates

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pushing forward with a massive plan to require millions of private sector employees to get vaccinated by early next year.

But first, he has to make sure workers in his own federal government get the shot.About 4 million federal workers are to be vaccinated by Nov.

22 under the president's executive order. Some employees, like those at the White House, are nearly all vaccinated. But the rates are lower at other federal agencies, particularly those related to law enforcement and intelligence, according to the agencies and union leaders.

And some resistant workers are digging in, filing lawsuits and protesting what they say is unfair overreach by the White House.RELATED: US mandates COVID-19 vaccines or.

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