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  • 70 [Muslims] who quit over prayer time return to work

    05/25/2007 10:29:04 PM PDT · by XR7 · 47 replies · 2,136+ views
    MSNBC ^ | 5/25/07
    OMAHA, Nebraska - Dozens of Somali meatpacking workers who quit their jobs because they were not given enough time off for Muslim prayers have returned to work, but the issue could resurface as sundown inches later through the summer, a union official said Friday. About 70 of 120 Somali workers are back on the job at the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant after abruptly quitting last week. The workers complained that existing break time rules did not let them leave lines to pray at sundown. Similar requests for workplace accommodations of Muslim religious obligations have become common around the country,...