Posted on 09/11/2008 12:00:26 PM PDT by ljco
More than 100 Muslim workers were fired from a Greeley slaughterhouse Wednesday after refusing to report for work a day earlier in protest of the company's refusal to allow a prayer break during the work shift.
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"This action is a direct violation of our collective-bargaining agreement," Swift said of the walkout in a statement. "Employees were told . . . failure to report to work when recalled would result in their immediate termination."
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"There were no negotiations (Wednesday), nothing," said Ahmed Mohamud, a spokesman for the workers and one of those fired Wednesday. "I honestly thought we'd work this out. We were fired because we pray."
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The union is expected to file grievances over the firings, spokesman Manny Gonzales said.
The walkout began Friday night when nearly 400 employees stormed from the Swift packing house over management's refusal to allow them a prayer break at sundown, a ritual necessity of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
About 250 were suspended for walking off the job without permission, company officials said. The month-long holiday began Sept. 1 and is marked by a daily fast from dawn until dusk and requires a prayer to culminate the fasting.
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Managers at the plant, where nearly 2,000 employees slaughter about 400 cattle each hour, on Tuesday agreed to allow all workers a 30-minute meal break at 8 p.m. each evening — an hour earlier than normal — to accommodate the Muslim workers' need for prayer.
The Muslim workers refused to accept the offer, saying day-end prayers during Ramadan strictly adhere to the sunset, which varies each day.
The workers also insisted on translators for many of the non-English-speaking employees, many of whom emigrated from Somalia only a few months ago. Managers said they would look into the request, Mohamud said.
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They will probably blow up all the pork items produced there. The religion of pieces. What a cult of death.
Tough **it.
Phase 2 of jihad by legislation begins.
I agree with you, but the lawsuits over this will destroy them.
Religious freedom and all that other nonsense. /s
Even better, if ICE would check to see how many are illegal, and then deport their azzes to where they can pray anytime, anywhere they want. I know, a girl can dream.
Muslims want to control everyone, and they do not care about anyone else. Wise up, people!
add SWIFT and Goldn’plump to my meat boycott list.
Sunset - Whay can’t they schedule thier coffee break to pray at sunset, or am I missing something?
Sunset - Whay can’t they schedule thier coffee break to pray at sunset, or am I missing something?
They’ll push and push and push their jihad on us,
and as long as we capitulate, they’ll just keep pushing.
The minute we resist or say “enough”, then they’ll turn to violence.
Give each of them the entrails of a Hog for seperation compensation and a one way ticket back to IRAN charged to their last pay check!
NRLB /ACLU and other assorted abbreviations will come to the aid of the jihadist union.
BZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Wrong answer Ahmed. Try again.
You were fired because you failed to report for work against company directives. That'll get anyone fired.
Besides, the time for negotiation was during the process when the collective bargaining agreement was being hammered out.
Liar.
question?
When someone’s “religion” overrides the “rights” of someone else, then that is no longer a “freedom of religion” issue.
That’s how I look at it. Would you say this is a fair observation?
It's not about prayer. It's about control and not wanting to be told what to do.
Muslims, pray all you want, but keep working.
Americans can do two things at once, get with it.
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