Airlines
Alaska Airlines
Mixed
4 / 9
out of 9
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Employee vaccine mandate; DEI programs with racial equity goals; LGBTQ Pride branding; Progressive Shopper rates as ‘ok’; mixed record.
Summary
Alaska Air Group operates Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. The airline imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees, terminating workers who refused. Alaska maintains formal DEI programs with diversity goals and has participated in LGBTQ Pride branding. Progressive Shopper rates Alaska Air Group as ‘ok’ — meaning moderately progressive-leaning.
Claims & Sources
Claim 1: Alaska Airlines imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees and maintains formal DEI programs with diversity and LGBTQ commitments.
Sources: Alaska Air — Vaccine mandate announcement · Alaska Airlines — Diversity & Inclusion
Rating Logic
Base rating: 5 / 9 (neutral default)
DEI activism: -1 (DEI programs, LGBTQ branding)
COVID mandate: -1 (vaccine mandate; terminated non-compliant workers)
Political donations: 0
Free-speech / censorship: 0
Final rating:3 / 9 — Not Aligned
DEI activism: -1 (DEI programs, LGBTQ branding)
COVID mandate: -1 (vaccine mandate; terminated non-compliant workers)
Political donations: 0
Free-speech / censorship: 0
Final rating:3 / 9 — Not Aligned