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Hertz suspends Muslim shuttle drivers in Seattle
www.forbes.com ^ | 10.07.11

Posted on 10/07/2011 8:54:13 AM PDT by BBell

SEATAC, Wash. -- Rental car company Hertz indefinitely suspended 34 Somali Muslim shuttle drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for praying on company time, and the workers' union is trying to put them back in the driver's seat after what it calls a sudden policy change.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: hertz; muslim; muslims; seattle
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Little increments Muslims will try. We will see if Hertz holds or caves in when CAIR comes a knocking.
1 posted on 10/07/2011 8:54:18 AM PDT by BBell
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AMERICANS FOR A MUSLIM FREE AMERICA


2 posted on 10/07/2011 8:55:24 AM PDT by troy McClure
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To: BBell

Hertz will cave I predict.


3 posted on 10/07/2011 8:56:17 AM PDT by BBell
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It is amazing to me how many Somalis work at airports.


4 posted on 10/07/2011 8:56:54 AM PDT by vladimir998
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Communist Unionistas finally found a pal in Allah.


5 posted on 10/07/2011 8:57:44 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: BBell

6 posted on 10/07/2011 8:59:07 AM PDT by lormand (A Government who robs Peter to pay Paul, will always have the support of Paul)
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It is amazing to me how many Somalis work at airports.

As spies, agitators, and pre-placed saboteurs and assassins...

7 posted on 10/07/2011 9:00:29 AM PDT by null and void (Day 989 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: troy McClure
"AMERICANS FOR A MUSLIM FREE AMERICA"

Where do I sign up???

8 posted on 10/07/2011 9:00:49 AM PDT by liberateUS
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The Somali’s CELEBRATED openly on September 11, 2001 in Seattle!


9 posted on 10/07/2011 9:01:02 AM PDT by goodnesswins (My Kid/Grandkids are NOT your ATM, liberals! (Sarah Palin))
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To: BBell; Just Lori; Libertina; Lexinom; horatio; freebird5850; Horatio Gates; Ramius; HairOfTheDog; ..
WA Ping


"Hertz will cave I predict."

Not only will they cave. They will probably have to pay back pay for time missed and make a public apology, then dispense special rules to the aggrieved Muslims.

10 posted on 10/07/2011 9:02:49 AM PDT by Baynative (The penalty for not participating in politics is you will be governed by your inferiors.)
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Freakin Somalis-—world’s worst immigrants just ask Canada and Great Britain. They come in here as refugees. These days all our refugees seem to be Muslim and from Africa or at least Muslim. This must be stopped. There is a huge do-gooder refugee industry in this country. Thousands of dimwit liberals are collecting salaries from the NGOs and churchs that import these idiots into America to undermine it. They are always agitating for more refugees. A few Jewish organization are busy bringing in Muslim refugees. It’s insane!


11 posted on 10/07/2011 9:08:24 AM PDT by dennisw (nzt - works better if you're already smart)
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Time for a ‘New Liberia’! Where shall we put it? Saudi Arabia?


12 posted on 10/07/2011 9:15:46 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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You ever been to Somalia? It sucks.


13 posted on 10/07/2011 9:16:46 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger......)
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Since my job had me working at the airport this past month, I got to see them every day.

They employ both men and women as shuttlers. The women are uniformly dressed in the full hajib, with only their faces showing. They have a low-to-the ground sink that the airport put there so they can wash their feet.

On the 1st floor of the parking garage, just to the left of the north doors leading to the check-in and offices of Hertz and several other companies, is a little 'enclave' made up of cubilcle dividers that surround a large vent duct. I looked in there, and there are prayer rugs. It is a little 'prayer area' with no lighting. I have only seen women go in there, and I don't know if the women and the men use the same area. There are no other areas set up this way.

From what I can tell, Hertz has already bent over backwards to accommodate the 'religious needs' of their little muzzie community. They really don't need to do any more.

(Oh...in the 'BTW' file....the other day, I went to the port a little early so I could spend some quiet time in SeaTac's nice little chapel...now called the "Meditation Room". Both doors were locked. Concessions made for muzzies to pray, but none for Christians. C'est la vie.)

14 posted on 10/07/2011 9:17:18 AM PDT by hoagy62 (The United States of America. Great idea...while it lasted.)
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They are also working for the airlines at Sea-Tac airport dealing with cargo and luggage and have access to the airplanes. You’ll also see them working in the front terminal area moving SmartCarts and working in some of the shops inside.

Last I heard there were a couple prayer areas in the parking decks close to the rental car area on two floors. One for women and the other for men.

Before Delta Air Cargo moved you’d see them stream in and out of the building before and after prayer time there.

The main mosque for that area is pretty close to the airport, also.


15 posted on 10/07/2011 9:22:53 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: hoagy62

Those low sinks are urinals for short people.

If I had a pedophile-worhipping raghead driving my taxi I’d complain to the office and never use that company again.

They are sub-human.


16 posted on 10/07/2011 9:22:53 AM PDT by bicyclerepair ( REPLACE D-W-S ! http://www.karenforcongress.com)
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I pray every day at work.
My prayers are silent and do not affect my work or interrupt my coworkers.
These people are NOT being punished for “praying”.


17 posted on 10/07/2011 9:24:53 AM PDT by Maverick68
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I find it curious that Muslims have taken over so many jobs at airports in the US. Check out Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Denver, etc...
18 posted on 10/07/2011 9:26:15 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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They’re just doing the jobs Americans won’t do!


19 posted on 10/07/2011 9:37:55 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

They are now filtering into SW Missouri! Saw a bunch in NOEL a few weeks ago.

Probably working at the chicken processing plant.


20 posted on 10/07/2011 9:40:28 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare! NEW PHOTOS & PAINTINGS)
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