Union That Endorses Barack Obama, Forces Tyson Foods To Drop Labor Day For A Muslim Holiday

Stuck On Stupid ^ | August 2, 2008 | Quaker

[Quaker]

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), a union that endorses Barack Obama in his 2008 Presidential candidacy, has negotiated with Tyson Foods to recognize Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr instead of the traditional American Labor Day Holiday. Employees are not happy with this stunt.

Workers at Tyson Foods’ poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day, but will instead take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall.

[ilgipper]

We are getting close to having a cultural revolt in this country. European weanies already gave in to these demands, but Americans will not stand for this.

[Nailbiter]

Another WTF?? moment

[Eric in the Ozarks]

How bizarre.

[pnh102]

Why doesn’t Tyson Foods move its entire operation to the middle east and be done with it?

Between this BS and Tyson Foods’ overt pandering on behalf of the illegals it hires, it is pretty much an irrefutable fact that this company has no loyalty to the USA anymore. I haven’t been buying their branded food for awhile now. I hope more people do the same.

[SumProVita]

I also boycott anything made by Tyson.

[reg45]

A Union opposing “Labor Day”?

[silverleaf]

Those employees should hope they dont get “sick” on Labor day weekend

And host a pork chop barbeque on their muslim holiday

[socialismisinsidious]

a union that endorses Barack Obama.... has negotiated with Tyson Foods to recognize Muslim holiday

Stuck on stupid is right. They'll all sit around wondering how this could happen but will be too stupid to get the connection. And I'm not even talking about Obama's history of being a Muslim, I'm talking about him being the biggest LEFTY to ever come down the pike.

[Military family member]

Really show them; spend Eid al-Fitr eating ham sandwiches and drinking beer.

[reg45]

Employees are not happy with this stunt.

Time for an election to decertify the union!

[Colonel_Flagg]

Workers at Tyson Foods’ poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day, but will instead take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall.

I guess I'd be the only one in the office that day, then.

[reg45]

Even better, hold the company picnic at noon, two weeks before Eid al-Fitr. That way it will be during Ramadan (the Muslim month of fasting). Serve beer and barbequed pig.

[girlangler]

About a year ago I read about a Tyson plant in Alabama, staffed with illegals, that had a hepititus outbreak.

I have boycotted Tyson for a while. Guess I’ll continue to do so.

[sobieski]

Well, you wouldn’t expect them to give up MLK day, do you?

[Captain Rhino]

Don’t have the link to the article (read it at work) but a report I read yesterday said that the union workforce at this plan is about 1200 persons. 700 are Somalis.

The union negotiators had initially asked for Eid al Fitar (post-Ramadan feast day) as an additional paid holiday. Tyson’s would only pay for 8 holidays (regular number of Federal holidays). Tyson said pick and they picked. So a vote was taken and, not surprisingly, Eid al Fitar won out over Labor Day. The report was unclear if the 500 non-Muslim union employees would get the option of taking one or the other with pay. However, it is unlikely. I assume you need the whole union workforce (1200) to be there to run the place, so having 7/12ths there on Labor Day or 5/12ths there on Eid al Fitar isn’t going to work. By allowing them a choice, Tyson’s would lose two production days vice one.

So the 500 non-Muslim union employees are screwed. (I’d would of said 500 Americans but heck, most of the 500 could be from Central America, for all I know.)

The news article said that the non-union employees at the plant will continue to get Labor Day off with pay. Report didn’t mention how many non-union employees there are. My guess is that they are management and administrative staff and their number is small enough that they can off for the day without closing the plant down.

It will be interesting to see if the non-Muslims must also fast during the daytime during the month of Ramadan as a gesture of cultural-sensitivity to the Somalis.

Then we’ll know whether or not this is just a local labor adjustment or the first step in something else.

[longtermmemmory]

union idiots.

Labor day was started as a UNION BACKED HOLIDAY.

only a illiterate would have done this.

[BooksForTheRight.com]

Good. More of this! Keep it up! Finally, normal people are getting upset, putting down their beer and remotes, and getting upset.
They need to be writing letters and making phone calls.

[purpleraine]

The minority vote in many organizations get "screwed." That's the way the union works and many other things for that matter. Perhaps you've heard of that kind of system. It's called democracy.

We're bringing democracy to the middle east. Look what democracy did in the last Gaza elections. When you start with a base of fanatics who support terrorism, that's what you get when they vote. If you had democracy in Saudi Arabia, how do you think all the Wahabbis would vote?

So, when you hire 700 moslems to work at your plant, don't be surprised when they vote this way. That's what moslems do.

You ain't seen nothing yet. When are grandchildren are in charge, moslems will run several european countries.

[purpleraine]

or “our” for that matter