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Wisconsin lawn mower factory says it will FIRE all 53 of its Muslim employees
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 01/17/2016 9:10:59 PM PST by TigerClaws

Dozens of Muslims are outraged after a Wisconsin power plant threatened to fire them if they took two five minute breaks daily in order to pray.

The policy change affects 53 workers. Ten of those employees have indicated they wish to stay in their current positions under the new policy but the rest have either chosen to leave or are planning to.

The Brillion-based company changed the rule on Thursday. Until then, Muslim employees were allowed to leave the production line twice a shift to pray.

But Ariens is now asking employees to pray during scheduled breaks. A company representative told WBAY-TV the 'manufacturing environment does not allow for unscheduled breaks in production.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3404116/Wisconsin-manufacturing-plant-takes-away-Muslim-worship-breaks-53-employees-complained-ten-got-fired-left-company.html#ixzz3xZOSU1kK Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: fired; manufacturing; muslimamericans; workplace
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To: Rome2000
There shouldn’t be any Muslims in Wisconsin.

Agreed! Wisconsin should only belong to the Menominee, Chippewa, Winnebago and Potawatami. The workers ought to be entitled to use the sweatlodge, as appropriate.

21 posted on 01/17/2016 9:52:27 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: TBP
I don’t think they’re allowed to fire people just for being Muslim.

In the absence of an employment contract, which is a binding legal document, in states such as Florida, an employer can fire an employee for any reason, or for no reason.

I suppose it would be wise to avoid firing someone for some discriminatory reason, but since an employee can be fired for no reason, I guess that situation is adequately handled simply by the employer not stating a politically incorrect reason, e.g. "we no longer require your services".

In Florida, there is also a "right to work" without being forced into union membership, but there is no "right to keep your job" in the absence of a formal contract.

It's called "freedom"...

22 posted on 01/17/2016 10:05:10 PM PST by sargon
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To: Alter Kaker

And white people, many of German heritage. But moslems don’t fit.


23 posted on 01/17/2016 10:06:33 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: TigerClaws

Private company, they can do what they want to including incur the legal liability this policy may entail. No public company would dare take such a position as the shareholder lawsuits could go for decades, and management would be too risk-averse to put their phoney-baloney jobs at risk.


24 posted on 01/17/2016 10:10:40 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first ande then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: TBP

They’re not firing them. They’re saying they can no longer have extra break time to pray. Some have chosen to stay on those terms, some have not.


25 posted on 01/17/2016 10:26:37 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SteveSCH

Muslims are always outraged. Yawn.


26 posted on 01/17/2016 10:27:07 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: TigerClaws

You work for the Company and they set the rules!!! End of story...


27 posted on 01/17/2016 10:49:40 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: Rome2000
There should not be any Muslims in Wisconsin.

There should not be any Muslims. Fixed it!

28 posted on 01/17/2016 10:52:05 PM PST by WhirlwindAttack (I escaped the city to rural America. I'm proud to be a white Christian. That makes me a racist.)
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To: TigerClaws

Muslims need to learn the Protestant Work Ethic.


29 posted on 01/17/2016 11:08:07 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: TigerClaws

I worked and lived in the Middle East and Indonesia for more than ten years. Both Muslim regions.

Muslims are meant to pray five times a day. How they make this prayer is a personal issue. However there is no hard and fast rule that they have to stop work and the ones that claim this to be so are only trying to game the system.

They can conduct small personal prayers while they are working. The only reason they get away with having prayer breaks in the US and other western countries is because of the current lame preoccupation with appeasing minorities.

It infuriates me to see western companies falling for this scam and I commend the mower company for waking up to it. Fire their arses.


30 posted on 01/17/2016 11:17:37 PM PST by wistful
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To: Gritty
Implementing sharia law through the back door this is all this is.
31 posted on 01/18/2016 2:20:51 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: plain talk

The problem is that generally it takes 5 minutes to get to the prayer room to pray 5 minutes which often may mean 5 to 10 minutes, then another 5 minutes to get back to the production line and another 5 minutes to get “set” so you are back in production. Couple that with the legally enforced two 15 minute unpaid breaks per shift and the mandatory 30 minute lunch break and then you begin to see the problem! It turns into an hour of additional time lost per Muzzie per shift just to accommodate their two per shift 5 minute prayer breaks.


32 posted on 01/18/2016 2:33:28 AM PST by mdmathis6
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To: TigerClaws

“... but the rest have either chosen to leave or are planning to.”

Doesn’t sound like ANYONE is being fired.


33 posted on 01/18/2016 2:44:02 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: mdmathis6

“The problem is that generally it takes 5 minutes to get to the prayer room to pray 5 minutes which often may mean 5 to 10 minutes, then another 5 minutes to get back to the production line and another 5 minutes to get “set” so you are back in production.”

I was thinking the same...I SERIOUSLY DOUBT it’s just 5 minutes of lost time. I also wonder who calls for the breaks - perhaps some Imam starts chanting and then presses the Emergency Stop button on the line - if so, then that causes safety hazards to all employees? I don’t know, but if the rule applies to all religions, then no one is being fired because of it.


34 posted on 01/18/2016 2:50:55 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: TigerClaws

Hopefully Ariens sticks to their guns. Cargill kinda caved to the 150 muzzies they fired by allowing them to reapply for their jobs after 30 days instead of the usual 6 months.


35 posted on 01/18/2016 3:12:59 AM PST by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Alter Kaker

Enjoy sharia.


36 posted on 01/18/2016 3:23:40 AM PST by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: TBP

Who said they were being fired for being Muslim?


37 posted on 01/18/2016 3:25:24 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the GOPee does not want you.)
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To: TBP

The problem is one of maintaining ptoduction rate. On a high volume assembly line labor is balanced and break times are proscribed. There is no way to operate if even a few want breaks other than at allowed times. They are choosing not to work within those constraints.


38 posted on 01/18/2016 6:25:37 AM PST by smaug6 (We can't afford to be innocent!! Stand up and face the enemy.)
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To: TigerClaws; onyx; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ...

Ariens will fire Muslim employees who are asking for 2 extra breaks per day to pray — thus interrupting prduction line. 53 workers affected.

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.


39 posted on 01/18/2016 6:49:56 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Gritty

“Make the Infidels bend to Allah’s will...”

Time for all of it to stop! This is, as you suggest, mearely another veiled attempt to change America. If they are citizens, they need to go back and re-read the oath that they took.


40 posted on 01/18/2016 7:44:51 AM PST by vette6387
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