hyundai motor co said vaccinated employees at its southern california headquarters do not have to wear masks and that it is still evaluating the mask policy for workers at its alabama plant hyundai affiliate kia is also evaluating the mask policy for its georgia plant where they are still requiredforeign automakers are beginning to relax some covid19 protocols at their us plants including the wearing of masks even as the detroitbased carmakers and the united auto workers union continue to require workers to wear masks toyota motor corp nissan motor co bmw ag and geelys volvo cars all are beginning to let workers at some us plants shed their masks as covid19 vaccinations continue to climb across the country some companies are requiring workers to provide proof of vaccination before they can go maskfree advt in the meantime general motors co ford motor co and stellantis nv all said their workers must continue to wear masks the decision was made jointly with the united auto workers uaw on june 9 when a joint task force agreed to continue most workplace protocols except for temperature screening uaw spokesperson brian rothenberg said the task force is scheduled to meet again next week in a statement gm said we will continue to meet as an auto industry group to assess the situation considering pandemic conditions vaccination rates and the latest governmental guidance were hoping to be able to relax or rescind more covid protocols over time a ford spokesperson said masks are required inside all ford buildings at all times a stellantis spokesperson said our policy on masks has not changed we will have to discuss any changes in protocols with the uaw before we implement toyota will begin to allow workers in july to shed their masks at a number of us plants but they must provide proof of vaccination nissan no longer requires masks to be worn by workers who have been vaccinated but proof of vaccination is required bmw is allowing vaccinated workers at its spartanburg south carolina plant to shed their masks and does not require vaccination proof advt face masks are not required at volvo cars charleston south carolina plant hyundai motor co said vaccinated employees at its southern california headquarters do not have to wear masks and that it is still evaluating the mask policy for workers at its alabama plant hyundai affiliate kia is also evaluating the mask policy for its georgia plant where they are still required honda motor cos us plants and daimler ags mercedes factory in alabama still require masks reuters published on jun 25 2021 at 0952 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report