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Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday
FoxNews.com ^ | August 05, 2008

Posted on 08/27/2012 11:54:56 AM PDT by null and void

Edited on 08/27/2012 11:58:09 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Workers at a Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Tennessee have opted to trade a paid Labor Day holiday for the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr.

A 5-year contract approved by members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant last November includes the change to accommodate Muslim workers.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: eidalfitr; holidays; laborday; muslimamericans; poultry; tysonfoods
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To: SMARTY
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Tyson a major conglomerate that owns the majority of chicken brands in the US.
21 posted on 08/27/2012 12:05:53 PM PDT by shadeaud ( “Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8”. Just doing my duty a Christian)
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To: null and void

I dropped Tyson years ago. Not that I was a big consumer to begin with.
Still, they hire a lot of illegal labor.
Or, at least they did years past.


22 posted on 08/27/2012 12:06:20 PM PDT by Leep (I'm a Chic-Fil--A-merican)
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To: G Larry

Appropriate, since Americans will no longer be “Independent” and we’ll be under Sharia law....


23 posted on 08/27/2012 12:06:42 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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To: null and void
A 5-year contract approved by members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant last November includes the change to accommodate submit to the increasingly strident demands of Muslim workers.

There. Fixed. Let's just call it for what it is.

24 posted on 08/27/2012 12:08:03 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: shadeaud

I don’t know.


25 posted on 08/27/2012 12:08:33 PM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: null and void

I’m guessing that Arkansas is a “right to work” state and that Tyson’s is not unionized. If it union, then they have been dhimmified.


26 posted on 08/27/2012 12:09:33 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: G Larry
If Obama’s re-elected, he’ll trade Independence Day for Rhamidan.....

If Obama's re-elected, the concept of American independence will be meaningless anyway.

27 posted on 08/27/2012 12:09:52 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: mylife; null and void

As the Pork Producers advertise:

Pork, it is the other white meat.

H’mmm, can that be considered a “racist” statement?


28 posted on 08/27/2012 12:11:40 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

I’m guessing you didn’t read the article.

This is a union contract.

The plant is in Tennessee.


29 posted on 08/27/2012 12:11:40 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: Liberty Valance

LBJ day?

Do you stuff a ballot box and hunt deer at night with a spotlight to celebrate? We have had some real sleazeballs as president but LBJ has to be at or near the top of the list.


30 posted on 08/27/2012 12:11:40 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: tet68

the workers are muslim


Makes since they use muslims to chop the heads off chickens.
Do the scream Alahhu akbar each time?


31 posted on 08/27/2012 12:12:17 PM PDT by Leep (I'm a Chic-Fil--A-merican)
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To: null and void
Would rather eat:

Than Tyson.

And Quron ain't even real chicken it is a mycoprotein grown in a vat by fungus!

32 posted on 08/27/2012 12:13:12 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: null and void

lord forgive me,but I despise Muslims. I don’t want to say I hate them but I absolutely do not like them and I wish we could boot them all out. I do not trust them.


33 posted on 08/27/2012 12:14:22 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Vic Morrow is my new heartthrob :))
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To: Liberty Valance

We should be celebrating on the anniversary of LBJ’s death.


34 posted on 08/27/2012 12:15:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: null and void

Labor Day at Tyson Foods
American Flag

Outdated, misleading information about Tyson employee holidays has surfaced on the Internet. Contrary to recently circulated reports, Tyson does NOT offer its workers a paid Muslim holiday at any location.

http://www.tysonfoods.com/Media-Room/Labor-Day-at-Tyson-Foods.aspx


35 posted on 08/27/2012 12:15:44 PM PDT by OafOfOffice (W.C:Socialism:Philosophy of failure,creed of ignorance,gospel of envy,the equal sharing of misery)
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To: GraceG

Yum.


36 posted on 08/27/2012 12:16:12 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Vic Morrow is my new heartthrob :))
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To: GraceG

It’s the ideal food for a fun guy...


37 posted on 08/27/2012 12:16:44 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: null and void

Well, surely, this means these Muslims will be working on Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, the 4th of July and Christmas.


38 posted on 08/27/2012 12:17:50 PM PDT by miele man
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To: null and void

You should see the price of beer at a Tampa Bay Rays game. Nine bucks for an aluminum bottle of Budweiser.

Geez,Louise.

I don’t drink beer but I cannot believe how much a can/bottle/cup of beer costs at these games.


39 posted on 08/27/2012 12:19:55 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Vic Morrow is my new heartthrob :))
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To: ScottinVA

Went to see the Movie “2016” last night.

That was pretty much my point.


40 posted on 08/27/2012 12:21:10 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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