Swift fires up to 150 Muslim workers following Ramadan dispute

Rocky Mountain News ^ | September 10, 2008

[george76]

At least 130 Muslim workers at the north Greeley JBS Swift & Co. plant were fired Wednesday afternoon, apparently over a dispute involving breaks during Ramadan.

At issue is a request by Muslim workers to be able to take their lunch breaks at sunset to end their fast during Ramadan... expressed their dissatisfaction with negotiations by saying, “No prayer, no work.”

[radu]

Now that they've lost their jobs, can they be deported?

They'll probably move to TN and work for Tyson. There are already a bunch of Somalians working there and the union tends to pander to them. >:-(

[Chaguito]

failed to deliver

[yorkie01]

Thank you, Swift, for listening to your boycotters.

[Dumpster Baby]

"Well, bye!"

[Grams A]

Sent email to your link and it came back?????

[null and void]

Try

jbsswift_consumer@jbsswift.com

the whole addy.

For some reason FR strips off the jbsswift_ from the address.

[lewislynn]

Maybe it’s just me but when I hear Swift I think canned hams.

[KarenMarie]

mine did not come back.

if you just clicked the link, i apologize. I dont know how to make it active with a _ in it.

jbsswift_consumer@jbsswift.com

jbswift _ comsumer @ jbswift . com

from their website....

http://www.jbsswift.com/contact/index.php

[llandres]

“here is the email address i used to send them a quick note of support!

Thanks, KM - I just emailed them as well, and so should everyone on this board who reads this!!!

[llandres]

“If they were concerned about their fast and not so much about forcing their lifestyle on their employers and neighbors they would make use of lunch hour to meditate or read the Koran or arm wrestle or something.”

You know, the Left (and the rest of the uninformed) love to call us a Democracy rather than a Republic. So, it’s high time this country STOP accommodating the minority at the expense of the majority - even the Left should get that.

[llandres]

“they should remain in one of the 57 Islamic Republics.”

Wow - like b. hussein obama’s 57 states? (sorry, couldn’t resist:-)))

[count-your-change]

Got plenty of time to send the prayer rugs out to the dry cleaners too.

[Judges Gone Wild]

Sounds like they got a Swift kick!

Allahu Fubar!

[Grams A]

Thanks. Have some friends in Ks and Colorado I want to pass it on to so they can send a thank you to Swift.

[radu]

I just remembered a link that was emailed to me about the "peaceful protest" at the plant. It appears there may be a lot more to the story than the Greely newspapers are talking about. Seems things weren't quite as peaceful as has been reported.......

Jihad Watch has this to say about it

[tomkat]

OUTSTANDING !

Will be sure to look for a Swift product or two on the next grocery run.

[Dianna]

No arrests were made. The worker was escorted off the premises and police remained on the scene for peace-keeping purposes.

Oh look, we now need peace-keepers in the United States.

[TomasUSMC]

We didn’t let the Mormons get away with crap by hiding behind their religon

Why do we let the muslems?

[AndyTheBear]

Its hard to sort out the unreported details here, but my initial reaction is that this is poor management.

I'm not saying the company isn't within its rights. But could not a good management team accommodate the prayer and fasting without hurting production? Or am I missing something about this business?

[AndyTheBear]

There is a muslim at my work going through the fasting. He is very politely attending our biweekly business lunches, but is not eating himself. He is a very professional and hard working fellow. Good at what he does, and easy to along with.

My problem is with the religion itself which I think is a misguided and dangerously aggressive false teaching of from a false prophet--and is a major contributer for much of the blood shed and tyranny in the world. But not with individuals just because they happen to believe in that false religion.

I have met many friendly decent muslims, and see no problem trying to be accommodating to such folks at work in regard to things like fasting during daylight and taking prayer breaks...provided it won't prevent them from doing good work.