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| Swift plant sued over treatment of Muslim workers |
| 2010-09-01 |
| Federal officials say a JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant should give Muslim employees prayer time and not retaliate against workers who ask to pray. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of more than 80 Somali Muslims. A message left at JBS Swift's U.S. headquarters in Greeley wasn't immediately returned. Hundreds of Muslim workers walked off the job at the Grand Island, Neb., plant during Ramadan in 2008, saying they needed time to pray at sunset and break a day-long fast. Management adjusted the work schedule the next day. Non-Muslims protested and the accommodations ended. The company fired 86 Muslims for walking off the job and said the firings weren't about religion. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 So it sounds like they are hiring? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-09-01 18:29 |
| #2 No special religious privileges to ANYONE. You want to pray? Fine. Do it on your own time and dime. Otherwise you get fired. Fuck the goddamn feds. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-09-01 12:56 |
| #1 The "US Government" also sued Arizona again on Friday, suing an Arizona College for refusing to hire non-citizens for a job opening. The war against Americans is now from the so called US "Federal Government". |
| Posted by: Woozle Sherenter7776 2010-09-01 12:38 |