http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tysonfoods/ en-us Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:31:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058720/posts Members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and Tyson Foods workers at the poultry processing plant in Shelbyville overwhelmingly voted to overturn a union contract provision that replaced Labor Day as a paid holiday with the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, it was announced this morning. The new agreement will increase the number of paid days off for workers in the current calendar year to include both Labor Day and the Muslim observance as paid holidays for workers in the Shelbyville plant. The agreement amends the existing contract negotiated last year, according to a press release from... Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058720/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:31:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058648/posts Tyson Foods backed down on it’s contract with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) to recognize Eid al-Fitr rather than Labor Day. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058648/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058573/posts Press Release Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant; Tyson Foods Requested Change from Union Springdale, Arkansas – August 8, 2008 - Tyson Foods, Inc. announced today it has reached a new agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an American union, reinstating Labor Day as one of the designated paid holidays under the contract for covered employees in the Shelbyville, Tennessee, plant. Tyson made this request on behalf of its Shelbyville plant employees, some of whom had expressed concern about the new contract provisions relative to paid holidays. In an effort to be... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058573/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057582/posts Labor Day Still Recognized at Tyson Foods Union Contract Provision only at Shelbyville, TN Plant Springdale, Arkansas – August 4, 2008 – Contrary to recent reports, Labor Day is still a holiday at Tyson Foods. This issue concerns only the plant at Shelbyville, TN. The majority of employees at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, TN, are represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Stores Union (RWDSU), an American union that asked for and received Eid al-Fitr, as one of their eight paid holidays, in place of Labor Day. This applies only to the Shelbyville plant and resulted as part of... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057582/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057424/posts Tyson Foods says that Labor Day is still a holiday, but not for the union employees at the Shelbyville poultry processing facility, who will be taking off the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr instead. Meanwhile, the union that negotiated the controversial contract at the Shelbyville plant has removed the original press release announcing the holiday change from its web site, and the union president has described the backlash to the decision as "bigotry." The union had stated in a June 19 press release that 700 Muslims worked at the plant, while Tyson repeated Tuesday that there are only 250 Somalis... Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057424/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2056414/posts Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be granted the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr. According to a news release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a new five-year contract at the plant included the change to accommodate Muslim workers at the plant. [SNIP] Tyson's director of media relations Gary Mickelson said the contract includes eight paid holidays -- the same number as the old contract. Eid al-Fitr -- which falls on Oct. 1 this year -- marks the end of Ramadan,... WSMV Nashville http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2056414/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:48:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2056507/posts An estimated 750 to 1,000 Somali refugees are living in Emporia, a magnet because of jobs at the Tyson Foods meatpacking plant. Many have latent tuberculosis. H/T to Texas Fred and his comment thread. Tyson Foods' blatant disregard for the institutions of America is worse than we thought - and it stretches outside just the Shelbyville, TN plant. Here's how the Topeka Capital-Journal under the heading "Somalis arrive in Emporia with tuberculosis" describes the "exotic, new arrivals:" EMPORIA — When hundreds of Somali refugees began showing up to work at the meatpacking plant, nurses Lori Torres and Renee Hively were... maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2056507/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056393/posts I sent an email to Tyson regarding my thoughts on the celebration of a Muslim holiday and the following is their response..... as a liberal once told me you vote with your dollars, I won't be buying Tyson.... "Contrary to recent reports, Labor Day has not been done away with at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, TN. Recent RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union) contract negotiations resulted in a different holiday for workers covered by the contract, for which the union bargained. Employees not covered by the contract will still have Labor Day as a paid holiday. The union... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056393/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:10:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056308/posts Well, folks, here it is--the beginning (or maybe the middle) of the end of America as we know it. Tyson Foods is now ending employees' paid day off for Labor Day and, instead, giving 'em the paid day off for the Muslim festival, Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. It is the most important holiday in Islam. It will be interesting to see how Tyson calculates which day it is, since Muslims are never really sure on which day or two it falls until right before--and since Shi'ites and Sunnis frequently feud about when it falls. Since I... debbieschlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056308/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056170/posts <p>SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be given the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr as a holiday.</p> <p>According to a news release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a new 5-year contract at the plant included the change to accommodate the hundreds of Somali Muslims who work at the plant .</p> One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056170/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:19:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056042/posts Food workers at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant for Tyson Foods, which boasts on its corporate website that it strives "to honor God," will have time off for Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday closing the month of Ramadan, instead of the American tradition Labor Day. Officials with the company told WND the labor union representing the 1,200 plant workers, including about 700 immigrants from Somalia who largely are Muslim, sought the holiday change in the new five-year contract, and the company agreed. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056042/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:59:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055813/posts SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be given the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr as a holiday... AP via OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055813/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:59:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055159/posts SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. -- Some workers at a local plant will no longer to be able to take their Labor Day holiday because of religious reasons. Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be granted the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr. According to a news release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a new five-year contract at the plant included the change to accommodate Muslim workers at the plant. Tyson's director of media relations Gary Mickelson said the contract includes eight paid holidays... WSMV Nashville http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055159/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055289/posts Food workers at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant for Tyson Foods, which boasts on its corporate website that it strives "to honor God," will have time off for Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday closing the month of Ramadan, instead of the American tradition Labor Day. Officials with the company told WND the labor union representing the 1,200 plant workers, including about 700 immigrants from Somalia who largely are Muslim, sought the holiday change in the new five-year contract, and the company agreed. Officials with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union issue a press statement about the new "contract [that] creates... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055289/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:22:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055310/posts 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. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055310/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:30:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055286/posts 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. A recent press release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) stated that a new contract at the Shelbyville facility "implements a new holiday to accommodate the ... Muslim workers at the plant." The RWDSU stated that "the five-year contract creates an additional paid holiday, Iidal Fitil, a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan." read full article at Times-Gazette Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055286/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:41:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965136/posts By far, the most significant story of the 2008 Republican primaries has been the unlikely candidacy of Mike Huckabee and his_single-handed_resuscitation of Christian conservatives as a force to be reckoned with in the Republican_Party. Yet, regardless of how he fares on Super_Tuesday_and_beyond, Mr. Huckabee will perhaps be best remembered as the man who, however unintentionally, helped persuade evangelicals to vote a Democrat into the White House in 2008 – and possibly in future races, as well. Since the 1970s, conventional_wisdom has held that evangelicals are driven by a single-minded_concern with defending "moral values," while mainline Protestants focus on issues of... The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965136/posts#comment Tue, 5 Feb 2008 05:06:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964537/posts A broad coalition of black conservatives from across the country are holding a press conference to urge former Governor Mike Huckabee to stay in the presidential race for the Republican nomination until the convention. "Governor Huckabee should not be intimidated to stop his bid for the Republican nomination," states Don Scoggins, veteran GOP activist and ... president of Republicans for Black Empowerment, a DC-based national grassroots organization. The concern of the group is the pressure that is mounting by Republican talking heads to push Governor Huckabee out of the race. The consensus is that Huckabee's campaign was deliberately sabotaged by... Republicans for Black Empowerment via Biloxi Sun Herald (MS) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964537/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963445/posts McCain's love of amnesty will be a key issue. He supported amnesty in 2003 by name, proposed it in 2006 and 2007 without calling it amnesty, and says that anyone who says that he ever supported amnesty is a liar. He has insulted Americans who advocate border security and has cursed at the thought of building a border fence. The presence of Juan Hernandez in the background of the McCain campaign tells us that John McCain is as weak on border security now as he ever was. Dr. Juan Hernandez, a dual citizen of the US and Mexico, and past... THE HERITAGE FOUNDATON http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963445/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:35:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1961565/posts I am disappointed in the tactics and statements of almost all the presidential candidates, both Democrats and Republicans. My grandmother used to say that you can tell just as big a lie with a half-truth and sometimes a bigger one. Take the half-truths said about Mike Huckabee and taxes. I lived in Arkansas when he was the governor. He did away with the marriage tax penalty and the capital gains tax on the sale homes. He doubled Arkansas' standard deduction and the child care tax credit. He slashed the capital gains tax for both individuals and businesses. In 2001, Mike... Salt Lake City Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1961565/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954984/posts ABBEVILLE, South Carolina (CNN) -– Fred Thompson continued his attacks on all three of his main Republican rivals in South Carolina Wednesday. The former Tennessee senator, running behind John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney in recent surveys in the state, has staked his candidacy on a strong showing in the GOP primary there this Saturday. Asked by a voter Wednesday how his record on "conservative Christian values" stacked up against those of Huckabee and John McCain, he immediately criticized the former Arkansas governor. "Just to cut through the baloney, it was me and not him who received the National... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954984/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:34:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950534/posts I remember the good ol’ days, sometimes called “2005,” when Mike Huckabee was fairly reasonable on immigration. He supported in-state college tuition for children of illegal immigrants and opposed an immigration raid of a poultry plant that led to the deportation of illegal immigrants. More recently, he endorsed Bush’s immigration policy, denounced in right-wing circles as “amnesty.” Huckabee insisted that he supports measures that “provide[s] a path for workers to become legal,” and denounced conservative critics of immigration reform, condemning them for being “driven by racism or nativism.” He even declined to have state police enforce immigration laws, despite the... The Carpetbagger Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950534/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 23:59:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1936922/posts State Sen. Eric Johnson was among the first prominent Georgians to jump on the Fred Thompson for President bandwagon. The Savannah Republican helped persuade dozens of state lawmakers to endorse the former Tennessee senator earlier this year. But he remained relatively quiet after Thompson officially entered the GOP race this summer. Until last week, that is. That was when Thompson slipped to fifth place in one national poll after doing only a little better in other recent ones. Earlier, he'd led in one national poll and stayed near the front of the pack in others. Against that backdrop, Johnson weighed... The Savannah Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1936922/posts#comment Sun, 9 Dec 2007 13:36:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1923151/posts The last month has been the best one of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He appears to be emerging as a viable conservative alternative -- rising in polls in Iowa and finally putting together a serious fundraising effort. There's just one problem with this rosy scenario. And, its name is the Club For Growth. The Club, a D.C. based organization that proudly touts both its fiscal conservatism and its willingness to dabble in contested Republican primaries, seems intent on not allowing Huckabee to coalesce the Republican conservative base behind his candidacy. From the start... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1923151/posts#comment Fri, 9 Nov 2007 03:04:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921706/posts The plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing Tyson Foods Inc. of hiring illegal aliens to work at poultry plants are focusing on the meat producer’s relationship with the League of Latin American Citizens. The class-action suit in U. S. District Court in Eastern Tennessee claims Springdale-based Tyson Foods knowingly hired illegal aliens to work for wages below what American workers would take. It was filed in April 2002 on behalf of former Tyson workers in several states, not including Arkansas. Trial is set for March 3. The plaintiffs in Trollinger v. Tyson are chicken plant workers who said they were harmed... AR Dem Gazette (leftist newspaper) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921706/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:20:56 GMT