Posted on 10/21/2011 1:13:33 PM PDT by Justaham
After a continued refusal to clock out when taking a break to pray, Hertz axed more than two dozen employees at one of America's busiest airports.
A Hertz spokesman said he was disappointed that 26 Muslim drivers at Sea-Tac Airport chose to be fired rather than clock out for prayer breaks.
One of the fired employees, Ileys Omar, told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 'We feel like we're being punished for what we believe in.'
Teamsters Local 117, the union that represents the drivers, said it had not been notified of the policy.
The union's Secretary-Treasurer Tracey Thompson said in a statement: 'Hertz has violated our contract, violated labour laws, and even violated their own internal policy by not adhering to the principle of progressive discipline when workers were suspended without warning
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I don’t want a Muslim driver.
Why the hell do all these ROP a**holes want to work at the airport anyhow? They shouldn’t be allowed within five miles of an airport. Get a job weaving rugs or shoveling camel sh!t at Kamels-R-Us or something. Unbelievable.
Finally! Someone’s putting their foot down!
A neighbor works part-time at a call center. The Muslim women she works with have been given a conference room for their prayer breaks. Do companies know they expect this when they hire them?
I wonder how many companies would be willing to give prayer breaks to non-Muslims. I’m sorry but I wish we could send them back to the Middle East,including those who converted. They’ll be happier there because they can practice their “religion” with the other terrorists.
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