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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

You take all the fun out of FR by posting facts.


41 posted on 08/27/2012 12:25:09 PM PDT by nascarnation (Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
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To: null and void

I quit buying Tyson a long time ago.

It seemed every time I bought one of their meat products it was spoiled and I had to take it back to store.


42 posted on 08/27/2012 12:25:38 PM PDT by Texas56
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To: null and void

What? is this satire?


43 posted on 08/27/2012 12:29:36 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: SMARTY

Tyson is long gone from our house. My wife says it isn’t fresh and smells bad when cooked.

Pilgrim’s Pride.

We don’t buy any meat from Walmart. In fact, I don’t think my wife goes there anymore anyway. I sure don’t and have not set foot in a Walmart in years.

I trade with the local merchants. Better quality, better service and only a bit higher. Same for the big box stores. What good does it do to save 10% on a blister pack of screws when more than 90% of the screws strip or twist off? Chinese junk is just JUNK. I avoid it any way possible.


44 posted on 08/27/2012 12:30:09 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average, they voted for oblabla.)
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To: null and void

This is an old article. Also, it sounds like the workers union not Tyson requested the change. Dont get me wrong, I have a big problem with this. This is AMERICA and we should be celebrating American holidays. When this article was first posted, I remember alot of angry pings because labor day was started by unions.


45 posted on 08/27/2012 12:30:45 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: null and void

N&V - this is a 2008 story ?


46 posted on 08/27/2012 12:35:55 PM PDT by major-pelham
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To: Sequoyah101
We live close to an Amish community and we get the Amish chickens.

They're always super good and fresh.

I don't know why anyone thinks there's a savings shopping at Walmart.

Besides, I can't deal with the people who walk around in Walmart. Too weird for me

47 posted on 08/27/2012 12:36:22 PM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: Leep

“Still, they hire a lot of illegal labor”

Unfortunatly, this is one of those jobs Americans refuse to do. We have a large chicken producer in central Wisconsin. Starting pay is great - over $13.00/hour. They can never find or keep help. I guess slaughtering chickens 8 hours a day gets old fast. And it’s much easier to sit back and live off the government.


48 posted on 08/27/2012 12:36:27 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: July4
Unions v. Muslims?

Sounds like the workers decided this.

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.

Maybe they get this voted in, then demand Labor Day, too since it is a national holiday.

49 posted on 08/27/2012 12:37:36 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: OafOfOffice
Thanks. I notice that they don't say if EID is a paid holiday or not.
50 posted on 08/27/2012 12:38:47 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

http://www.tyson.com/Contact-Us.aspx

i would use the contact customer service box on the bottom and either let them know or get information as to where you can register with them the fact you will never buy their products again.


51 posted on 08/27/2012 12:38:50 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: null and void

I haven’t bought a Tyson product in over 10 years. Never will either.


52 posted on 08/27/2012 12:39:38 PM PDT by Pilated
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To: null and void

No more Tyson Chickens for me.

Didn’t they support Bill Clinton too?


53 posted on 08/27/2012 12:39:45 PM PDT by ZULU (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd)
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To: null and void

Moslems in the food supply chain.


54 posted on 08/27/2012 12:40:52 PM PDT by donna (This is what happens when America is no longer a Christian nation.)
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To: nascarnation
You take all the fun out of FR by posting facts.

Part of the facts anyway. Does Tyson have EID as a paid holiday?

Their press release studiously avoids saying one way or another.

55 posted on 08/27/2012 12:41:11 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1316 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: DeFault User; dfwgator

Jim Wells County is having a “box 13” ballot box look-alike contest in honor of LBJ, our 36th President - and in anticipation of November’s election ...


56 posted on 08/27/2012 12:41:28 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: massgopguy

It is, but a private organization is under no obligation to observe it.


57 posted on 08/27/2012 12:42:27 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: wiggen
What? is this satire?

Maybe.

But I posted it in good faith, having checked the source article and believing that Snopes (ha!) confirmed it.

58 posted on 08/27/2012 12:42:58 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

Goodby Tyson! We will not miss you!


59 posted on 08/27/2012 12:44:43 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (It's time for a fundamental restoration, of our country's principles!)
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To: null and void

Did you even check the date of the article before posting?

The muzzies tried to get them to change the holiday and it was shot down in flames. FReepers were a large part of the reason for the idea being beaten back. We wore Tyson out with phone calls and emails after I posted the original article about it from the Shelbyville Times-Gazette.

I don’t know why this keeps popping up on the ‘net like it’s current news.


60 posted on 08/27/2012 12:45:08 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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