Tyson Foods Drops Labor Day Adds Muslim Holiday

[CC1]

I am pasting a link below to an article in today's Tennessean newspaper in Nashville.

Tyson Foods is dropping Labor Day as a paid Holiday and adding a Muslim Holiday as one.

Arghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080802/BUSINESS01/808020330

[rgcraig]

What about the Jewish holidays?

Day of Pentecost?

[CC1]

Incredible that a company is making a religous Holiday a paid Holiday when that religion represents less than one half of one percent of the population of the USA.

That would be like making the first night of the UPC General Conference a paid Holiday at some large Corporation because a handful of UPC people work for them.

[philjones]

Incredible that a company is making a religous Holiday a paid Holiday when that religion represents less than one half of one percent of the population of the USA.

That would be like making the first night of the UPC General Conference a paid Holiday at some large Corporation because a handful of UPC people work for them.

What you are failing to realize is that this is just at the Shelbyville plant and at that plant the muslims represent 700 out of 1200 employees. Sept 1 or Oct. 1.... I am sure the heathens (formerly called Christians or Agnostics or Atheists) are just as pleased as punch to have the one day off as the other.

[TK Burk]

Why would this be a problem? Pagan celebrations are already found on most “Christian” calendars. They just renamed them “Christmas” and “Easter.” :aaa

[Cindy]

I hate chickens. Wouldn't hurt my feelings if someone came by and stole ours. They are nasty and stupid! How can a company change a national holiday? Do they have a union?
I know, I know, read the article Cindy. argh!!!!

Disclaimer: If you do come by to steal our chickens don't blame me if you get shot!!!!!!!!!!! And our puppy Emily lives next door she might take exception to you stealing the chickens too. BTW she is a ST. Bernard and able to leap tall people in a single bound, and squash them.

[philjones]

I hate chickens. Wouldn't hurt my feelings if someone came by and stole ours. They are nasty and stupid! How can a company change a national holiday? Do they have a union?
I know, I know, read the article Cindy. argh!!!!

It appears that would be good advice for CC1! :D:tease:tease

[Cindy]

It was part of a bargaining agreement with the union. That explains it. Muslims make up a majority of the work force. Democracy in action.

[Esther]

I just might find myself buying other brands of chickens.

This trend does NOT need to be followed!

[JaneEyre]

I am pasting a link below to an article in today's Tennessean newspaper in Nashville.

Tyson Foods is dropping Labor Day as a paid Holiday and adding a Muslim Holiday as one.

Arghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080802/BUSINESS01/808020330

I am not a huge fan of PETA but read this and you will see how Tyson needs to improve their procedures:

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/tortured_by_tyson

Also, check out:

http://www.torturedbytyson.com/

I WILL NOT BUY TYSON FOODS IN THE STORES and I am trying to completely avoid eating chicken. IF more people stop buying TYSON, that might get their attention.

[CC1]

Phil Jones,

I was aware that the new Holiday was part of the new union agreement. I sitll thought it was a bad precedent to set.

If the Tyson plant were in Alexandria Lousiana and 700 POA members worked there I would still think it would be bad policy to delete Labor day as a Holiday and make one day of BOTT one.

[philjones]

Phil Jones,

I was aware that the new Holiday was part of the new union agreement. I sitll thought it was a bad precedent to set.

If the Tyson plant were in Alexandria Lousiana and 700 POA members worked there I would still think it would be bad policy to delete Labor day as a Holiday and make one day of BOTT one.

Why?

[rgcraig]

Here's an idea.

Our company has one floating holiday as a part of our benefits. You choose what holiday that is personal for you and take your floating holiday on that day.

All the others are the national holidays that America celebrate.

[tstew]

Phil Jones,

I was aware that the new Holiday was part of the new union agreement. I sitll thought it was a bad precedent to set.

If the Tyson plant were in Alexandria Lousiana and 700 POA members worked there I would still think it would be bad policy to delete Labor day as a Holiday and make one day of BOTT one.

CC, speaking from an entirely legal and technical angle, POA would already likely have several holidays (Holy Days)...Christmas, Easter..
I don't like this, but given our current system it would probably be unavoidable with a union at a plant that is so overwhelmingly Muslim.

[CC1]

It is interesting that a town as small as Shelbyville would have a Muslim population large enough for there to be 700 employees at Tyson.

I wonder if there has been some sort of organizational effort by Muslims to populate this town.

[Ron]

Here's an idea.

Our company has one floating holiday as a part of our benefits. You choose what holiday that is personal for you and take your floating holiday on that day.

All the others are the national holidays that America celebrate.

That is a good idea.
I had that at a job I was at for ten years.
It was called a personal day as well as stat holidays & my vacation time.
When the company closed down I was up to two personal days a year!

[rgcraig]

That is a good idea.
I had that at a job I was at for ten years.
It was called a personal day as well as stat holidays & my vacation time.
When the company closed down I was up to two personal days a year!

We have four personal days in addition to this floating holiday.

[StillStanding]

It is interesting that a town as small as Shelbyville would have a Muslim population large enough for there to be 700 employees at Tyson.

I wonder if there has been some sort of organizational effort by Muslims to populate this town.
I was wondering the same thing! How did that happen? Is half of Shelbyville Muslim, or does the factory just attract Muslims for some reason? The Muslim holiday will make it even more attractive for other Muslims to join them.

I'm just surprised that so many Muslims work at one place here in the USA!

[freeatlast]

I was wondering the same thing! How did that happen? Is half of Shelbyville Muslim, or does the factory just attract Muslims for some reason? The Muslim holiday will make it even more attractive for other Muslims to join them.

I'm just surprised that so many Muslims work at one place here in the USA!

hmmmm think about it...they kill things there.

as in kill the infidels.

Sorry.

[Esther]

I was wondering the same thing! How did that happen? Is half of Shelbyville Muslim, or does the factory just attract Muslims for some reason? The Muslim holiday will make it even more attractive for other Muslims to join them.

I'm just surprised that so many Muslims work at one place here in the USA!

It does make you wonder.

I again plan to buy another brand of chicken. :)

[JaneEyre]

I was wondering the same thing! How did that happen? Is half of Shelbyville Muslim, or does the factory just attract Muslims for some reason? The Muslim holiday will make it even more attractive for other Muslims to join them.

I'm just surprised that so many Muslims work at one place here in the USA!

You can check this out at these sites, Pianoman. If there is anything inappropriate here, I am sure the Admins will remove it.

http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/13927/sec_id/13927 - THIS SITE TELLS ABOT THE MUSLIM POPULATION.

http://www.t-g.com/story/1449487.html - THIS SITE SHOWS THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF SHELBYVILLE, TN are very upset.

My family and I have already decided NO MORE TYSON products in our house.

http://bearcreekledger.com/2008/08/02/tysons-pandering-to-somalis-at-shelbyville-tn-plant/

[Praxeas]

I am pasting a link below to an article in today's Tennessean newspaper in Nashville.

Tyson Foods is dropping Labor Day as a paid Holiday and adding a Muslim Holiday as one.

Arghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080802/BUSINESS01/808020330
Is easter a paid holiday? Im not surprised at this. Do they have Hindu paid holidays? This is how it starts. It's not toleration, it's pandering

[Praxeas]

Incredible that a company is making a religous Holiday a paid Holiday when that religion represents less than one half of one percent of the population of the USA.

That would be like making the first night of the UPC General Conference a paid Holiday at some large Corporation because a handful of UPC people work for them.
Ive been screaming about this for a couple years. Muslims in this nation are growing numerically but they already have large lobbying groups. They got their equivalent of the ACLU and the NAACP. Just like the small gay community has a LARGE and powerful agenda driven activist group so do the Muslims. People need to wake up or American will be looking like Britain and the rest of Europe and eventually Lebanon

[Praxeas]

Why would this be a problem? Pagan celebrations are already found on most “Christian” calendars. They just renamed them “Christmas” and “Easter.” :aaa
Uh....the discussion is not about Holidays found on "Christian" calenders but about American Employees pandering to this particular World religion. Christmas is not even really considered a Christian Holiday anyways. It's really a secular Holiday, they even celebrate it in Japan. It's trendy.

[Praxeas]

I just might find myself buying other brands of chickens.

This trend does NOT need to be followed!
This "trend" of theirs will only grow. We've already had Islam in our schools without the ACLU screaming about it.

[Praxeas]

CC, speaking from an entirely legal and technical angle, POA would already likely have several holidays (Holy Days)...Christmas, Easter..
I don't like this, but given our current system it would probably be unavoidable with a union at a plant that is so overwhelmingly Muslim.
How is that a legal angle? Honestly Christmas nor Easter is by most Christians considered a Holy Day. Easter though for many is considered a special day celebrated on Sunday....a day most people already have off.

[Praxeas]

It is interesting that a town as small as Shelbyville would have a Muslim population large enough for there to be 700 employees at Tyson.

I wonder if there has been some sort of organizational effort by Muslims to populate this town.
Muslims are like Sikhs and others. They populate an area together to build communities. I don't know how they do it. I wonder if it is organized but they do it anyways

[Praxeas]

Tyson needs to sell all the chickens and move into the ham business :ursofunny

[Cindy]

Tyson needs to sell all the chickens and move into the ham business :ursofunny

:ursofunny

[Cindy]

Are they could start selling vegetables.

[tstew]

How is that a legal angle? Honestly Christmas nor Easter is by most Christians considered a Holy Day. Easter though for many is considered a special day celebrated on Sunday....a day most people already have off.

Yes, Prax, but the basis for and history of these Holidays are clearly religious in nature. Look, I don't like it any more than the rest, but with the way our country is, things like that are almost ineveitable.

[TRFrance]

What's next?
Muslim prayer rooms for employees?
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_04/MuslimPrayerR_228x319.jpg
http://www.nubar.com/realstock_images/r123101-3-28a.jpg

[Praxeas]

What's next?
Muslim prayer rooms for employees?
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_04/MuslimPrayerR_228x319.jpg
http://www.nubar.com/realstock_images/r123101-3-28a.jpg

A group of Somali clerics want a Muslim prayer room to be built at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Airport officials say they will consider setting aside a private area for prayer and meditation since other airports have “meditation rooms” used for prayers or by passengers who simply need quiet time. (Breitbart)
If this is a meditation room for any people of any and all religions, I have no problem with it. However, if the airport builds a prayer room for Muslims ONLY, this is a step in the wrong direction. No religion should have preference over another. (emphasis mine)
http://www.nowpublic.com/somali_clerics_want_muslim_prayer_room_built_at_mi nneapolis_st_paul_international_airport



Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport is to construct an Islamic prayer room for the first time as part of efforts to improve relations with Muslim travellers.
For years, Muslim travellers, including Israeli Arabs, have complained that Israel's main airport, with its stringent security checks and lack of Arabic signs, has treated them poorly, and sometimes even in a humiliating fashion.
Israeli Arabs make up about 20 percent of the Jewish state's population of some 7 million people.
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1166736092.html

[JaneEyre]

The prayer rooms are already available to Islamic employees. Would a company be so accommodating if a Christian requested a prayer room??? We are told to "pray always"...I think every time the Islamic folks ask for a prayer room, the Christians should too....Or maybe they will pray in the same room. Any thoughts on this?

Check this out:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/080208dntexprayerrooms.4437647.html?npc

More comments about Tyson giving the Muslims their own holiday...If you scroll down and read the comments, you can see how upset people in the Nashville area are.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/17063986/detail.html#-

[Evang.Benincasa]

I am pasting a link below to an article in today's Tennessean newspaper in Nashville.

Tyson Foods is dropping Labor Day as a paid Holiday and adding a Muslim Holiday as one.

Arghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080802/BUSINESS01/808020330

I guess they must have a lot of Muslims working for them?

[Rico]

Why would this be a problem? Pagan celebrations are already found on most “Christian” calendars. They just renamed them “Christmas” and “Easter.” :aaa

AMEN!!!

[CC1]

Ive been screaming about this for a couple years. Muslims in this nation are growing numerically but they already have large lobbying groups. They got their equivalent of the ACLU and the NAACP. Just like the small gay community has a LARGE and powerful agenda driven activist group so do the Muslims. People need to wake up or American will be looking like Britain and the rest of Europe and eventually Lebanon

Exactly.

Also don't forget that Islam is being pushed in a huge way by Saudi Arabian oil money.

Ironically much of the money we spend at the gas pump is coming back to America both in the form of Arab ownership of much of our major commercial real estate but also in the form of Islamic "evangelism".

I read in some major credible publication sometime in the last year that Saudi Arabis is spending millions upon millions of dollars to promote their version of Islam (which coindently is one of the most conservative and radical) in America.

[TK Burk]

Uh....the discussion is not about Holidays found on "Christian" calenders but about American Employees pandering to this particular World religion. Christmas is not even really considered a Christian Holiday anyways. It's really a secular Holiday, they even celebrate it in Japan. It's trendy.

What's wrong Prax? Why so snippety?

Where do you get the idea that Christmas is NOT commonly "considered a Christian Holiday" among US churches? Wherever you got it, you might want to share it with them because they don't know it!

You must live farther away than Japan.... :ursofunny

[TRFrance]

The prayer rooms are already available to Islamic employees. Would a company be so accommodating if a Christian requested a prayer room??? We are told to "pray always"...I think every time the Islamic folks ask for a prayer room, the Christians should too....Or maybe they will pray in the same room. Any thoughts on this?

Check this out:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/080208dntexprayerrooms.4437647.html?npc

More comments about Tyson giving the Muslims their own holiday...If you scroll down and read the comments, you can see how upset people in the Nashville area are.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/17063986/detail.html#-
If Christians were to use the same prayer as these Muslims room, I'm sure some Muslims would protest... saying we're "defiling" their prayer room.

But indeed, if Christians were the ones who had demanded, and received a Christian prayer, I'm sure groups like the ACLU would have something to say about it.

[Praxeas]

Exactly.

Also don't forget that Islam is being pushed in a huge way by Saudi Arabian oil money.

Ironically much of the money we spend at the gas pump is coming back to America both in the form of Arab ownership of much of our major commercial real estate but also in the form of Islamic "evangelism".

I read in some major credible publication sometime in the last year that Saudi Arabis is spending millions upon millions of dollars to promote their version of Islam (which coindently is one of the most conservative and radical) in America.
Big time Saudi money and I would not be surprised if Iranian money is making it in somehow.

Wahabi is the most conservative and the one that supports Sharia

How about this?

NEW YORK — A Muslim group, in collaboration with a Brooklyn imam once investigated as a possible co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, paid $48,000 to run Islamic advertisements on the city's subway cars this September.

But the effort to plaster 1,000 subway cars with pro-Islamic messages has given new life to the controversy that has surrounded the radical imam, Siraj Wahhaj, who is promoting the campaign.

"In time, this so-called democracy will crumble, and there will be nothing, and the only thing that will remain will be Islam," Wahhaj was quoted as saying in one of his sermons.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,387701,00.html

[Praxeas]

Uh....the discussion is not about Holidays found on "Christian" calenders but about American Employees pandering to this particular World religion. Christmas is not even really considered a Christian Holiday anyways. It's really a secular Holiday, they even celebrate it in Japan. It's trendy.

What's wrong Prax? Why so snippety?

Where do you get the idea that Christmas is NOT commonly "considered a Christian Holiday" among US churches? Wherever you got it, you might want to share it with them because they don't know it!

You must live farther away than Japan.... :ursofunny
What is "snippety" about what I said? I get the "idea" because many NON christians do christmas and it's being changed into something not about Jesus but about "the holidays" and I did not say "amoung US churches", you added those words. And I never said I lived in japan...:crazy

[JaneEyre]

I read this on the Shelbyville Newspaper website in comments section. Link to the newspaper article is below:

http://www.t-g.com/story/1449487.html

Comments from the website (I have not verified this.):

Tyson also makes and packages Kroger chicken.

It supplies all Yum! Brands chains that use chicken (including KFC and Taco Bell), as well as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Wal-Mart, Kroger, Costco, IGA, Beef O'Brady's, small restaurant businesses, and prisons.

I also believe they package for Save A Lot generic but not for sure...

[rgcraig]

Boy, some of the comments following that article are rough!