On Monday morning, the FDA granted full approval to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. In its release, the FDA sought to assure the public it should feel “very confident” that the vaccine, which has already been administered to more than 100 million people in the United States since receiving emergency use authorization in December, “meets the high standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality the FDA requires of an approved product.”

The jab’s approval will trigger vaccination mandates for over a million U.S. employees in a sweeping range of sectors, including, among others, government agencies, hospitals, universities, airlines , and the military. And the news is likely to spur even more mandates in the coming weeks — indeed, in the wake of the news, New York City announced stricter vaccination requirements for public employees and oil giant Chevron directed its field workers to receive inoculations.

In organizing news, the New York City Council Union secured voluntary recognition from the New York City Council on Sunday night. The Union, which represents more than 350 legislative aides, launched its unionization efforts in 2019, though discontent among the exploited staffers had been bubbling for a decade or more.