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Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday
FoxNews.com ^ | August 05, 2008

Posted on 08/27/2012 11:54:56 AM PDT by null and void

Edited on 08/27/2012 11:58:09 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: eidalfitr; holidays; laborday; muslimamericans; poultry; tysonfoods
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To: OafOfOffice; null and void

Damnit!

Only time this year Nully’s been wrong.

I’ll let it pass....


101 posted on 08/27/2012 2:19:42 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: null and void

Swapping out a left-wing holiday for a Muslim holiday.

Not sure there’s much of a difference.


102 posted on 08/27/2012 2:20:08 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

“Lord forgive me,but I despise Muslims. I don’t want to say I hate them but I absolutely do not like them and I wish we could boot them all out. I do not trust them.”

Never criticize yourself for thinking normally. That’s what liberals are for.

Those sentiments would greatly improve anyone’s chances for survival.


103 posted on 08/27/2012 2:44:13 PM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!)
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To: null and void

You’re fine. Private businesses are allowed to operate on Federal holidays, and close on non-holidays.


104 posted on 08/27/2012 3:15:14 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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“I believe Labor Day is a Federal Holiday.”

All the better according to the islamopigs. drip, drip, drip


105 posted on 08/27/2012 3:16:51 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: null and void

Seriously, am I missing something?


106 posted on 08/27/2012 3:26:24 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Pray for our republic.)
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To: massgopguy
I believe Labor Day is a Federal Holiday.

actually nothing changes, you will either be paid holiday pay for Labor Day or the muslim thingie....doesn't really matter to the company....one or the other, not both.

107 posted on 08/27/2012 3:27:57 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: Bigg Red

At this point it seems the only reason for the thread’s continued life.


108 posted on 08/27/2012 5:04:16 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: Admin Moderator; null and void

Shows what YOU know! LOL!


109 posted on 08/27/2012 5:14:15 PM PDT by Monkey Face (How a dog handles stress = If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and waIlk away.)
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To: Monkey Face

Didn’t find your wallet didja?


110 posted on 08/27/2012 5:20:42 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: null and void

Nope. But it’s OK. I’ve only done this twice in my life and I have learned from both!

:o])


111 posted on 08/27/2012 5:23:46 PM PDT by Monkey Face (How a dog handles stress = If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and waIlk away.)
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To: Monkey Face

Well, then, it’s not your day...


112 posted on 08/27/2012 5:28:15 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: null and void

Labor Day, Muslim Day - What’s the diff?


113 posted on 08/27/2012 5:42:37 PM PDT by hotshu (Redistribution of wealth by the government is nothing but theft under the color of law.)
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To: USAF80

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I understand and accept what you are saying. I really should have added a sarcasm tag after my remark because that is how I meant it.


114 posted on 08/27/2012 5:54:10 PM PDT by miele man
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To: null and void

I emailed Tyson and told them I will not only NOT EVER buy their products again, but I will make sure that my friends, neighbors and relatives don’t by them either. And then I said, “SHAME ON TYSON!”

Yah...like that


115 posted on 08/27/2012 6:05:27 PM PDT by Monkey Face (How a dog handles stress = If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and waIlk away.)
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To: null and void

Off to the side and down.


116 posted on 08/27/2012 6:06:16 PM PDT by Monkey Face (How a dog handles stress = If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and waIlk away.)
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To: elcid1970

I wnt for an ice cream the other day and there were three Muslim girls at a table. They probably saw my Star of David because they looked at me with a little bit of disgust.


117 posted on 08/27/2012 8:46:44 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Vic Morrow is my new heartthrob :))
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Study the Nazi era. Adolf Hitler & the butcher of Palestine, Haj Amin al-Husseini, were best buds.

Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” in Arabic has been a bestseller in the Muslim world since 1939. Many Arabs worship Hitler “O he of blessed memory” as their ticket to whiteness.

When those Muslimahs stare at you, remember that their hatred won’t end with mere looks. They intend to put teeth into their beliefs.


118 posted on 08/27/2012 9:13:55 PM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!)
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To: IbJensen

I’ve boycotted Tyson since the Clintoon years.....I remember that they were trying to buy a meat packing company and the meat packing company wouldn’t sell, until they suspiciously had to close due to an ecoli breakout....and Tyson was able to swoop in and buy at a discount....IIRC...


119 posted on 08/27/2012 9:19:52 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Leep

Makes since they use muslims to chop the heads off chickens.
Do the scream Alahhu akbar each time?

The muslims or the chickens?
As god is my witness, I didn’t know chickens could talk.


120 posted on 08/27/2012 11:00:59 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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