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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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1 posted on 08/27/2012 11:55:01 AM PDT by null and void
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To: null and void

I believe Labor Day is a Federal Holiday.


2 posted on 08/27/2012 11:56:28 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: null and void

That’s ok. I don’t mind replacing theirs for Chick fil A anyway!


3 posted on 08/27/2012 11:58:25 AM PDT by albie
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Well, that’s an easy boycott. Never again.


4 posted on 08/27/2012 11:58:26 AM PDT by SueRae (See it? Hell, I can TASTE November from my house!)
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To: null and void

Unions v. Muslims? Sounds like Bud Light time to me.


5 posted on 08/27/2012 11:58:32 AM PDT by July4 (Remember the price paid for your freedom.)
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To: null and void

Is Chick-fil-A selling Halal chicken?
time to “eat mor pork”.


6 posted on 08/27/2012 11:58:59 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: albie

Golden Plump for me!


7 posted on 08/27/2012 11:59:25 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: July4
Unions v. Muslims? Sounds like Bud Light time to me.

No v., it's an &.

8 posted on 08/27/2012 11:59:46 AM 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

I take it that since the workers are muslim these
chickens are Halal?


9 posted on 08/27/2012 12:00:41 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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To: massgopguy
I believe Labor Day is a Federal Holiday.

I believe I just report the stories.

10 posted on 08/27/2012 12:01:01 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: July4

Bring barbeque pork and bacon to work to celebrate the missing holiday in your own special way.


11 posted on 08/27/2012 12:01:15 PM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: albie

Tyson is easy to drop-because it doesn’t taste good!

Anyway, I dropped them WAY back when I learned how much they donated to Billy Boy and Evita.


12 posted on 08/27/2012 12:01:15 PM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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We have NEVER bought Tyson products since we found out a long time ago that Hitlery Klinton was on their board.

This was reinforced when it was reported that Tyson had received 68 gigs in one day from the FDA for poop contaimined chicken meat.


13 posted on 08/27/2012 12:03:06 PM PDT by IbJensen (Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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To: null and void

I thought Tyson was a Christian owned company?


14 posted on 08/27/2012 12:03:16 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Bocephus hits a home run! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_vjPqAVzI)
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Move those workers to Tyson Pork and you can keep your Labor Day.....


15 posted on 08/27/2012 12:03:37 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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To: mylife
Is Chick-fil-A selling Halal chicken?

No idea, ask them.

16 posted on 08/27/2012 12:03:44 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: mylife

Somebody needs to have a hog killing in the parking lot


17 posted on 08/27/2012 12:04:13 PM PDT by rxtn41
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To: null and void

We’re having LBJ day today in Texas. Optional holiday for State employees. And no, I’m not kidding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Day


18 posted on 08/27/2012 12:04:30 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: null and void

If Obama’s re-elected, he’ll trade Independence Day for Rhamidan.....


19 posted on 08/27/2012 12:05:23 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

The union certainly isn’t Christian.


20 posted on 08/27/2012 12:05:41 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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