Clothing brand Carhartt in conservative crosshairs for issuing vaccine directive

CEO Mark Valade's decision came under fire after the supreme court blocked the federal vaccine-or-test mandate

Carhartt, the Michigan-based workwear company, is facing a wave of conservative backlash after its CEO announced that it will keep its vaccination mandate, despite a recent supreme court decision to block a federal mandate that would require businesses with over 100 employees to get vaccinated or take weekly Covid-19 tests.

In an email sent to employees last Friday, Mark Valade said that Covid-19 vaccinations remain mandatory. We put workplace safety at the very top of our priority list and the supreme court's recent ruling doesn't impact that core value," Valade wrote.