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Muslim workers quit Nebraska meat packing plant over prayer dispute
Several dozen Muslim workers have quit their jobs at a Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Grand Island, Neb. because their prayer times werent accommodated."They kind of issued the company an ultimatum," said Dan Hoppes, president of Local 22 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. "They went in before the shift started (Monday) and said that theyd go unless they could pray when they needed to," Hoppes said Tuesday. Hoppes said 94 workers had quit, but the company put the figure around 70. Sean McHugh, a spokesman for Swift at its Greeley headquarters, said breaks are governed by a labor contract and all employees are told about them during orientation for all new employees. h/t Lucianne Posted by: mrp 2007-05-15 |
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