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Post by dbd870 on Aug 5, 2008 10:41:11 GMT -5
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Post by Sasquatch on Aug 5, 2008 12:06:53 GMT -5
This is far from the last we'll hear. Sheesh.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 5, 2008 14:05:10 GMT -5
Chicken fodder!!!!!!!!
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Post by Hawkeye on Aug 5, 2008 14:09:21 GMT -5
Coming to a public school near you!
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Post by chicobrownbear on Aug 5, 2008 14:14:39 GMT -5
I say we take the culture with the most holidays, take the number of those holidays and make that many generic holiday days and let people take off when they want to. This would of course be extra on top of the vacation days you already have.
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Post by swilk on Aug 5, 2008 14:16:59 GMT -5
What is the big deal? Seems like a religious holiday?
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Post by hornharvester on Aug 5, 2008 14:45:49 GMT -5
Easy, quit buyning Tyson chicken. h.h.
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Post by treetop on Aug 5, 2008 15:42:06 GMT -5
Easy, quit buyning Tyson chicken. h.h. What he said I know I will along with every thing eles Tyson makes What a bunch of BS
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Post by Hawkeye on Aug 5, 2008 15:49:39 GMT -5
Some people seem to live under a rock.
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Post by indianahick on Aug 5, 2008 18:17:57 GMT -5
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.
"The negotiating committee made the holiday a top priority in contract talks," the union's Alabama and Mid-South Council Representative Randy Hadley said in a statement issued in June. "And we were able to get management to commit to it."
The way I read it it is the UNION and UNION MEMBERS that wanted this not the company. It was in the contract. Tyson should have let them strike in my opinion.
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Post by powderfinger on Aug 5, 2008 19:33:41 GMT -5
What is the big deal? Seems like a religious holiday? Really! Why do we care? We dont work there. You get easter and xmas. I say good for them for going after something they wanted. Its probably all about the timing anyway...it is Oct 1 after all!
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Post by Ahawkeye on Aug 5, 2008 20:48:44 GMT -5
I really don't care either way but I do have two points to ponder. Do Muslums celabrate Christmas? If not why not work Christmas and take another Muslum holiday off? 2nd point. IF they are here legaly and not a threat to us (americans) a. Why do we care what day they decide between their employer and them what day they take off? b. Isn't that what being in America is all about? There were a whole lot of people who came here from europe and other places to get away from religous hatred, I just always thought if it's good for you and it doesn't hurt any one else who cares? I am not a muslum nor do I know any all I do know is that the muslum religion in reality is not a violent one but rather a peacefull one. Just my .02
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Post by Decatur on Aug 5, 2008 20:53:40 GMT -5
It must have benefitted non-muslim workers in some way as well, or it probably wouldn't have passed.
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Post by huntnprayn on Aug 5, 2008 21:50:56 GMT -5
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Post by huntnprayn on Aug 5, 2008 21:56:24 GMT -5
"Given the nature of our work, many, many, many times we have to work holidays anyway, and Labor Day is usually one of those holidays that our workers have to work," Lawson said. "And, of course, they are paid holiday pay when they have to work any holiday that is recognized at our facility."
Here is one reason to care. The way I see it, it is possible for everyone to have to work Labor Day and then the Muslims get thier holiday.
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Post by trapperdave on Aug 5, 2008 23:41:24 GMT -5
And?
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Post by swilk on Aug 6, 2008 7:10:40 GMT -5
"Given the nature of our work, many, many, many times we have to work holidays anyway, and Labor Day is usually one of those holidays that our workers have to work," Lawson said. "And, of course, they are paid holiday pay when they have to work any holiday that is recognized at our facility." Here is one reason to care. The way I see it, it is possible for everyone to have to work Labor Day and then the Muslims get thier holiday. And the Christians get their Christmas. Im sure you have a very good point here but I am struggling to find it. Could you explain, in laymans terms, why a good standing Christian worker should get anything more or less than a good standing Muslim worker? The Union voted (based on input by its members) and got something changed the way they wanted it.
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Post by swilk on Aug 6, 2008 7:14:21 GMT -5
I really don't care either way but I do have two points to ponder. Do Muslums celabrate Christmas? If not why not work Christmas and take another Muslum holiday off? I would assume that a factory would require a full shift to make that work .... not just the Muslim workers. You need everyone .... couldnt have only Muslims there on Christmas trying to run a factory floor. Just assuming of course.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Aug 6, 2008 7:50:51 GMT -5
Ya I kind of figured that after I posted, you'd probably need office workers too but I'm not working there so I can't say for sure. Bottom line, the workers got what the majority wanted, that doesn't happen every where. I see no problem here.
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Post by Old Ironsights on Aug 6, 2008 10:05:52 GMT -5
While I am a Theist/Deist, I am NOT a Religionist. All organized Religons are equally cumbersome, inadequate &/or outright silly IMO.
However, I am not anti-religion. Any American Citizen has the fundamental RIGHT to worship as they see fit so long as they injure no one.
You can paint yourself blue and worship the spotted toad in your pond for all I care.
We have long allowed Citizens with other religious calendars certain flexability. It's nice to know you can find a Pharmacy or other store open on Christmas because the proprieter is a Jew, Muslim or Athiest.
Frankly, I would be much more upset if they had agitated to "trade" Independence Day or Veterans day, but thy did not. They chose "Labor Day". I never liked "Labor Day"
Sounds more than vaguely Communist.
If they want to honor Labor by Laboring, why not let them?
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