They've actually been honest and accepted it. All of them have families and care enough about each other to stay home when they're sick. Pretty much all of them have already had it at this point.
That's very honest and noble of them. I understand that that is what good people do, but I also think at a certain point when others are treating you fundamentally unfairly, such conscientiousness isn't the best response because it just makes it consequence-free for them to continue taking advantage of you.
I think we all know that CEOs, politicians, etc certainly wouldn't do the right thing. They wouldn't take a moment's hesitation to throw us overboard for their personal gain.
For what it's worth, I really wonder if work even is the main place people get sick anyway. It's probably kids bringing home something from school. And we're all going to be exposed to it eventually, so it's not like you're actually saving anyone by not exposing them or putting them at risk by exposing them.
We told our guys months ago that they wouldn't receive paid Covid leave if they were unvaccinated. Owner decided that when the government changed the reimbursement rules to only cover for vaccinated employee Covid leave.