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Home Front: Culture Wars
Plant Drops Labor Day For Muslim Holiday
2008-08-04
If we celebrate all the Muslim holidays we'd have a 1 day workweek.
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 -- the same number as the old contract. Eid al-Fitr -- which falls on Oct. 1 this year -- marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#22  I hope everyone reads the two articles posted in #17.

Anyone else amazed at how short sighted it is to import 70,000 Somalis each year into the USA?
Posted by: ed   2008-08-04 20:20  

#21  Thanks for finding that info Ed. Keeerist, the f**king Clintons right in the middle of this. She was probably the key to bringing them in to supply slave labor to Tysons. If we don't demand a stop to any more Muzz infiltration from anywhere for any reason, we will have the same mess as the Brits have now within 15 years. I wish I could grab each Congresscritter and strangle the shit out of them until they turn purple, then have a nice calm talk with them about the danger of the Muzz scum.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700   2008-08-04 20:18  

#20  We're boycotting Tyson chickie here at Casa Z. Wife is estatic. For years she has wanted nothing but free range chickie from the Amish folk down the road. I thnk it too expensive. Wife says she'll get my bulk package of chickie wings (something I make once every 10 days or so) from the folk at Perdue. Boycott is growing if you can believe what people say at work and on the net.
Tyson screwed up big time on this one. Next thing ya know muzz cab drivers will decline to transport booze carrying passengers and seeing eye dogs. Female muzz will insist on wearing hijabs at A&F and Mickey D's in place of employer provided uniforms (Hooters too!!!)....oh wait...
Posted by: MarkZ   2008-08-04 20:18  

#19  Speaking as a Catholic - if Catholic Charities (of Maine) brought them here, then they ought to a) Prosetylize (convert) them, and b) take care of them instead of dumping them on that community. Typical Northeastern snobs dumping on the South again.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-08-04 19:47  

#18  If 700 of the 1200 workers are going to be gone on that day, they might as well shut the plant; they aren't going to get work done anyway. The non-Muslims will have nice a day for shopping and running errands when they won't have to compete with the rest of the people in town... and the doctors' offices will be open. Labor Day is a concept, dating back to when laborers were fighting for a 40-hour work week. Memorial Day is much more important to me.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-08-04 19:43  

#17  These packing plants have to be importing them. How do they get in and get to these rural locales ?


Mostly Chritian charity groups like Catholic Charities/Relief Services is importing them. Yes, they are making millions of $ from the Feds by importing these muslim barbarians.

Somalis, Shelbyville and Severe Culture Shock
Shelbyville, Tennessee is a rural community located in the middle part of the state. Four years ago, the character of this community was changed irrevocably when a major employer, Tyson Foods, hired several hundred Somali émigrés to replace illegal Hispanic meat packers at a facility there. The Somalis emigrated from other centers in the heartland of the US, after coming to America under a legal humanitarian immigration program established by the 1980 Refugee Act, controlled by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and by the US State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration with a budget of over $1 billion. In 2007, there were an estimated 70,000 plus Somali legal immigrants in the US. Major centers of Somali émigrés include, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Columbus, Ohio. This was facilitated in the 1990’s when the Clinton Administration, through the US Office of Refugee Resettlement, decided to vector Somalis and other humanitarian refugees away from major coastal cities and into the interior of the American heartland.

Lewiston's Somali surge
Most Somali refugees in the United States came from refugee camps in Kenya. Many Somalis in Portland were initially settled by Catholic Charities Maine, the state's primary, federally funded refugee resettlement agency. Many Somalis who are relocating to Lewiston from other states are no longer eligible for federal refugee assistance. As a result, those who cannot find work rely on city, state and federal welfare programs.

Since February 2001, a total of 210 Somali families (more than 600 individuals) have been served by Lewiston's general assistance office, Charron said. At this time, 200 Somali families (563 individuals) are receiving food and housing vouchers. Among them, 339 are children, 224 are adults.
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Still, city officials estimate that only about 40 of the 400 to 500 Somali adults living in Lewiston are working.
Posted by: ed   2008-08-04 18:54  

#16  Must have a bunch of dumbasses running Tysons. They won't be getting any of my money.

If Tyson put a chicken plant in some Muslim country you wouldn't find them honoring a Christian holiday.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-08-04 18:20  

#15  They aren't illegal immigrants but legal refugees, with health benefits and food stamps. Some are even given used cars and taxis, which really torques the local single moms who have a 5- year limit to benefits with the new workfare reforms.
Posted by: Danielle   2008-08-04 18:02  

#14  Eat Pork. The other white meat.
Posted by: DoDo   2008-08-04 16:52  

#13  You could have just had them trade off Christmas for Eid al-Fitr. That way, the Muslims and Christians have different days off, thus letting you keep your plant in operation over the two holidays.

Shit-for-brains. Is that the Arkansas Shelbyville?
Posted by: Mitch H.   2008-08-04 15:36  

#12  If you have Tyson chicken, and are still in the supermarket, you may want to slip it behind the Pepsi shelf and check out. We could invent a new game...hide the Tyson.
Posted by: Frank Perdue   2008-08-04 15:16  

#11  "Please kill me last. See how politically correct I am?"
Posted by: gorb   2008-08-04 15:01  

#10  Tyson doesnt want to honor an American holiday anymore?

Fine, they will not be getting my American Money anymore.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-08-04 14:22  

#9  The Postville plant that produces Kosher beef is now hiring Somalis to replace the Hispanic illegal immigrants they had employed.

Also, these immigrants are the assembly line workers. The supervisors of these workers, the managers, the accountants, etc. are typically long time townies with a few out-of-towners from company HQ or other plants.
Posted by: mhw   2008-08-04 14:20  

#8  I have refused to buy from Tyson's since the Hillarity escapades in Arkysaw. This is beyond belief. How are all these illegal Somalians getting in here and handling meat being fed to American populace ? I think a large share of workers at another packing facility in SW Kansas was also large percentage Somalians. These packing plants have to be importing them. How do they get in and get to these rural locales ? The only safe meat is from a local butcher shop and that's without doubt.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700   2008-08-04 13:54  

#7  If you have Tyson stock, might want to sell before the impact hits.
Posted by: Bugs Elmomomp6649   2008-08-04 13:43  

#6  Bye, bye Tyson. No Tyson Foods for us anymore.
Posted by: knerfley   2008-08-04 13:38  

#5  Somehow I wonder if the 'Majority' really did ask for it.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2008-08-04 12:47  

#4  Tyson...a name no longer allowed under my roof.
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2008-08-04 12:23  

#3  Interesting. A union agreement that bags the holiday that celebrates labor. Wonder what the rest of the members of that union think of that? Or has the union been taken over by illegal and muslim immigrants?
Posted by: tipover   2008-08-04 12:16  

#2  Lawson said they consider religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis. She said that so far, no one has asked for any other type of religious prayer room.

I want one too!
Posted by: Enver Ebbugum1124   2008-08-04 12:08  

#1  Tyson Foods' profit falls 92 pct on feed costs

Awwwwwww, that's too bad. Since I won't be buying anymore of their stuff (my wife went apoplectic when she heard it on the radio)they can subtract what I would've spent too from their bottom line.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-08-04 12:05  

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