Tyson’s pandering to Somali’s at Shelbyville, Tn plant
Tyson drops Labor Day holiday for Eid al-Fitr
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.”
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“The date for this holiday (Eid al-Fitr) is not the same each year,” Mickelson said. “however, it is in the early fall.”The press release stated there are approximatly 700 Muslims working at Tyson, but Mickelson said that Somalis only represent approximately 250 of the 1,200 employed at the plant, a little over 20 percent of the workforce.
“All Team Members who have completed their probationary period are eligible for all eight paid holidays including Eid al-Fitr,” the Tyson spokeman said.
The union also claimed that in addition to the observance of the Muslim holiday, “two prayer rooms have been created to allow Muslim workers to pray twice a day and return to work without leaving the plant.”
Mickelson said that Shelbyville’s Tyson plant “does have a prayer room to accommodate the needs of Muslim Team Members.”
Look out Shelbyville, you could turn into the Twin Cities in Minnesota. The Somali’s have a very active legal advocate system and they use it to advance their extremist culture. Don’t expect the Somali’s to assimilate to American culture. They will use our laws to make money and then sue to advance their own Islamist ways.
See these stories:
Tyson Foods now importing Somali refugees for cheap labor
Tyson Foods importing more immigrants with Leprosy, VD, TB
MAC tells Muslim cabbies - no exceptions. There are multiple links to this story included with this posting.
Segregation under the guise of multiculturalism
More Dhimmitude from Minnesota
Islamic Charter School in Minnesota?
More on the Islamic Charter School in Minnesota (yes, it’s taxpayer funded)
MN Islamic Charter School Official Attacks News Crew
There are plenty more examples of Somali’s forcing their culture on the rest of us. There’s the Somali Target cashier who refused to touch a package of pork in Mpls. Target of course bowed to political correctness and established a policy allowing a Muslim cashier to call in a replacement. The creeping Dhimmitude in the Twin Cities is well established. With Tyson importing Somali’s to work in their plants in Shelbyville expect the Somali population to expand quickly.
UPDATE Monday August 4th: Michelle Malkin has a good roundup on this story and in the comments is provided a link that tells of Tyson’s different product names. Just in case you might want to stop buying Tyson products. There’s also some other interesting information regarding a deceptive advertising by Tyson.
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Seems to me that the union should get the blame here, not Tyson (at least not so much blame; they did sign the contract after all). This is really one more example of why unions have lost their usefulness.
Comment by glen harness — August 2, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
This makes me sick, you know I’m in Tennessee also. I thought Tennesseeans had more grit than this.
Comment by Debbie — August 2, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
Tyson’s pandering to Somali’s at Shelbyville, Tn plant
I’m late getting to this and many other bloggers have already posted on it. But in case you missed it, here’s the news from Toni at Bear Creek Ledger:
Trackback by Right Truth — August 2, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
[…] Bear Creek Ledger: There are plenty more examples of Somali’s forcing their culture on the rest of us. There’s the Somali Target cashier who refused to touch a package of pork in Mpls. Target of course bowed to political correctness and established a policy allowing a Muslim cashier to call in a replacement. The creeping Dhimmitude in the Twin Cities is well established. With Tyson importing Somali’s to work in their plants in Shelbyville expect the Somali population to expand quickly. […]
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The International Herald Tribune covers the practice of U.S. hospitals which send illegal immigrants back to their native countries.
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Trackback by The Virtuous Republic — August 3, 2008 @ 9:21 pm
[…] The news that Tyson Foods is going to replace a national holiday, Labor Day, with a Muslim holiday, Eid al-Fitr, came out on Friday, the 1st. Several blogs have posted about this outrage, and I linked to one in my usual Saturday afternoon post. […]
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Shame on the Union that ok this I live in Michigan and been in the Unions for years. Now i see what is happening to are unions. The american workers are being put aside what Coutry are we in . I thought USA. And one other thing Tenn stand up for your RIGHTS
Comment by Donna — August 6, 2008 @ 10:07 am
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