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Tyson replaces Labor Day with Muslim Eid al-Fitr
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | August 02, 2008 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 08/02/2008 3:22:15 AM PDT by Man50D

Food workers at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant for Tyson Foods, which boasts on its corporate website that it strives "to honor God," will have time off for Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday closing the month of Ramadan, instead of the American tradition Labor Day.

Officials with the company told WND the labor union representing the 1,200 plant workers, including about 700 immigrants from Somalia who largely are Muslim, sought the holiday change in the new five-year contract, and the company agreed.

Officials with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union issue a press statement about the new "contract [that] creates an additional paid holiday, [Eid al-Fitr,] a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan."

A spokeswoman at the union's office told WND no one was in the office today who could comment on the request.

To the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Gary Mickelson, Tyson's media chief, said there is no new holiday, but at the union's request the company agreed to discontinue the Labor Day holiday and implement Eid al-Fitr.

"Union leadership did request and receive Eid al-Fitr (which is apparently spelled various ways including Id al-Fitr and Eid ul-Fitr) as a paid holiday in place of Labor Day," Mickelson told the newspaper.

"Since all Team Members will still have eight paid holidays, the change will not affect production," Mickelson said.

On the paper's forum page, readers were outraged.

"If this holiday is that important to them, make them take it off instead of Christmas Day and allow ALL workers to be off Labor Day. Most AMERICAN families have some type of function on Labor Day," wrote one anonymous participant.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: diversity; eid; immigration; islam; laborday; mohammedanism; tyson; tysonfoods; unions
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The goal of Islam is world domination is ilustrated in the following article.

Islamic Scholar Warns U.S. of 'Two-Faced' Muslims
1 posted on 08/02/2008 3:22:16 AM PDT by Man50D
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To: Man50D

Maybe Immigration should have a look at this plants “union members.” More illegals doing the work Americans won’t do.


2 posted on 08/02/2008 3:41:24 AM PDT by GWMcClintock (The last thing the US needs is B.O.!)
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To: Man50D

My boycot of Tyson products begins today.


3 posted on 08/02/2008 3:41:32 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Contempt of congress? Do you blame me?)
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To: Man50D

Well dang!

And they wouldn’t budge on the Confederate Memorial Day issue....

So what is it? Merry Eid? Happy Eid? Since its at the end of Ramadan, is it “eid up!, fasting’s over”?


4 posted on 08/02/2008 3:46:35 AM PDT by Adder (typical bitter white person)
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To: Man50D
I think there are other viable alternatives to Tyson products. I'll be looking for them instead. Abandon our traditions, abandon our business relationship.
5 posted on 08/02/2008 4:17:43 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Man50D

Someone on another post here last night gave the email address for Tyson’s PR(?) person.

I emailed him a blistering letter.

If anyone wants his email address FReep mail me.


6 posted on 08/02/2008 4:28:05 AM PDT by proudofthesouth (Homosexuality IS a choice! There isn't any biological reason for it. They CHOOSE to be that way!)
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To: Rapscallion

“my boycott of Tyson begins today”

I’m thinking a few hundred thousand e-mails and letters wouldn’t hurt either.


7 posted on 08/02/2008 4:33:38 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Man50D
The following is adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat:

Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components. Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights'.

When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get the other components under the table. Here’s how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).

As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:

Nation % Muslim
United States 1.0%
Australia 1.5%
Italy 1.5%
Norway 1.8%
Canada 1.9%
China 2.0%



At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

Nation % Muslim
Denmark 2.0%
United Kingdom 2.7%
Germany 3.7%
Spain 4.0%
Thailand 4.6%



From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).

Nation % Muslim
Switzerland 4.3%
Philippines 5.0%
Sweden 5.0%
The Netherlands 5.5%
Trinida and Tabago 5.8%
France 8.0%



At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world. When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris –car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amsterdam - Mohammed cartoons).

Nation % Muslim
Guyana 10.0%
India 13.4%
Israel 16.0%
Kenya 10.0%
Russia 15.0%



After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:

Nation % Muslim
Ethiopia 32.8%



At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:

Nation % Muslim
Bosnia 40.0%
Chad 50.1%
Lebanon 59.7%



From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:

Nation % Muslim
Albania 70.0%
Malaysia 60.4%
Qatar 77.5%
Sudan 70.0%



After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:

Nation % Muslim
Bangladesh 83.0%
Egypt 90.0%
Gaza 98.7%
Indonesia 86.1%
Iran 98.0%
Iraq 97.0%
Jordan 92.0%
Morocco 98.7%
Pakistan 97.0%
Syria 90.0%
Tajikistan 90.0%
Turkey 99.8%
United Arab Emirates 96.0%



100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:

Nation % Muslim
Yemen 99.9%
Afghanistan 100.0%
Saudi Arabia 100.0%
Somalia 100.0%




Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.

"Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel."

– Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’.


It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France, the Muslim populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity. Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise more power than their national average would indicate.


8 posted on 08/02/2008 4:40:31 AM PDT by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: Rapscallion

I have never bought a Tyson product, and never will..


9 posted on 08/02/2008 4:44:38 AM PDT by auboy (Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. Samuel Johnson)
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To: Man50D
I wonder if Africans and people of African decent know this: Islam & African Slavery Part 20
10 posted on 08/02/2008 4:48:45 AM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
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To: auboy
Contact Page
Phone:1-800-233-6332
11 posted on 08/02/2008 4:48:57 AM PDT by paul544 (3D-Joy OH Boy!!!)
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To: verga
You may find this interesting:

There are over 150 videos in the series below. I have put together a list of the first 75 to get people started. Get them while you can because the Muslims keep getting the author banned

The purpose of these videos is to inform, explain and enlighten people from all over the world about the TRUTH of the Quran and Muhammadan Islam.

The creator of these videos grew up in an Arab country, their mother tongue is Arabic and have been studying and researching the subjects of the Quran, Hadiths, the New Testament, the Hebrew Bible, Arab & Islamic histories for the last 23 years. Below is a radio interview with the Author on Youtube:
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12 posted on 08/02/2008 4:52:33 AM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
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To: paul544
Looks like it was already posted...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055286/posts
13 posted on 08/02/2008 4:53:17 AM PDT by paul544 (3D-Joy OH Boy!!!)
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To: Man50D

GTFOOMC


14 posted on 08/02/2008 4:57:06 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (If Hillary is elected, her legacy will be telling the American people: Better put some ice on that.)
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To: Man50D

So Tyson foods is dropping Labor Day so that Somalis can be home to slit the throat of a goat in their backyard and worship the moon god. How stupid of us to go down the same PC road that has doomed Britain.
Why does any American buy any product with “Tyson” on it anyway? I haven’t since 1990, when I learned they were one of Clinton’s main money pots.


15 posted on 08/02/2008 5:02:52 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Rapscallion
My boycot of Tyson products begins today.

Why boycott Tyson? It is the union that wants the change. Tyson does not care what holidays it pays for. The union was the one that wanted to give up Labor Day in order to get the mooseslime holiday.
16 posted on 08/02/2008 5:04:33 AM PDT by John D
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To: Rapscallion

My boycott starts today, too.


17 posted on 08/02/2008 5:13:15 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: Rapscallion; Man50D

Target marketing by Tyson.... maybe the bubbas need to drop this outfit from the shopping list....


18 posted on 08/02/2008 5:13:17 AM PDT by pointsal
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To: kittymyrib
Why does any American buy any product with “Tyson” on it anyway? I haven’t since 1990, when I learned they were one of Clinton’s main money pots.

Exactamundo! Association with the Klintoons was enough for me to stay far away from Tyson.

19 posted on 08/02/2008 5:14:04 AM PDT by Dahoser (America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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To: proudofthesouth

Why don’t you just post the PR person’s name? And a list of Tyson foods so we can avoid them.


20 posted on 08/02/2008 5:14:13 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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